Vocabulary Test About BOOKS Choose The Right Answer MCQ Exercise 162

Fiction means stories about imaginary people and events, such as novels. It is the opposite of true books like history and biographies (non-fiction).

Out of print means a book is no longer being printed or sold by the publisher. Example: Her first novel is out of print.

A fine is money you must pay as a punishment for breaking a rule, such as returning library books late. Not fee, because a fee is money paid for a service, not a punishment.

A pseudonym is a false name that a writer uses instead of their real name. Example: Mark Twain was the pseudonym of Samuel Clemens. Not nickname, which is an informal name friends use; writers publish under a pseudonym.

Reviews are articles in which critics give their opinion of a book, film or play. A book receives good reviews when critics praise it.

The cover is the outside part of a book. A torn cover is a common reason for selling a book cheaply.

A story is a description of events, true or invented, about someone. We say a lovely story about someone. Not fiction, which is uncountable, so we cannot say a fiction.

An edition is all the copies of a book printed at one time. First editions of famous books are often valuable to collectors.

Have something in common with means to share interests, ideas or qualities with someone. The other words do not form this fixed phrase.

An account of something is a description of events or experiences. Here a fictional account of his wartime experiences means a story based on what happened to him. Not novel, because a fictional novel repeats the same idea (all novels are fiction).

A good example of something shows clearly what a person or thing is like. Here it shows his love of unusual words. Not passage, because we don't say a passage of his delight.

Print means the printed letters in a book or newspaper. Small print is hard to read without glasses. Not handwriting, because books are printed, not written by hand.

A catalogue is a list of all the products a company sells, here the books a publisher offers. Not prospectus, which describes a school or a business plan; not index, which is a list at the back of a book.

A book that tells the story of a person is a book about the life of that person. Example: a book about the life of Napoleon.

A shortage is a situation when there is not enough of something. We say a paper shortage or a shortage of paper. Not lack, because we say a lack of paper, not the paper lack.

*A man of letters is an established expression referring to a writer, literary scholar, or intellectual, especially someone distinguished in literature. The plural expression men of letters refers to such people collectively. Here, letters* is an old-fashioned word referring to literature and learning, not correspondence. The other options do not form this idiomatic expression.

Do justice to something means to treat it fairly or show its true value. Do less than justice to means not giving it the credit it deserves. Not praise or approval, because we don't do praise or approval to something.

A dramatist is a person who writes plays, so the clue mainly wrote plays points to this word. A writer and an author are too general; a novelist writes novels.

Know something by heart means to remember it perfectly, word for word. Example: She knows the poem by heart. Not memory: we can say from memory, but not by memory.