Use The Understanding Biographies Quiz to test yourself on the major characteristics of biographies, including the author's viewpoint, research aspects, and fictional elements. This quiz will also test you on how a historical biography is researched and written by examining the life of John F. Kennedy; the life of Mark Twain, and a scientific biography through an in-depth profile of Marie Curie. This online quiz contains 20 questions from a pool of over 100 thereby allowing repeat use. We recommend that students study the relevant videos provided on this site on this subject before attempting this quiz.