This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Folk Literature > Folk Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. I was so ..... that my lips hurt. A) Ornery. B) Confounded. C) Parched. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parched. 2. The story of Paul Bunyan is based on a true person in history, but his height and strength have been exaggerated over time. What kind of Oral Tradition is this? A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 3. Which of the following is a characteristic of a myth? A) Explains actions of gods or goddesses. B) Brief story or poem. C) Long poem about a larger than life hero. D) Based on fact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explains actions of gods or goddesses. 4. Tells the deeds and the adventures of a hero. A) Creation myth. B) Origin myth. C) Myth. D) Hero myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hero myth. 5. Form of language spoken by people, region, or group. A) Dialect. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Irony. E) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 6. Fictional tales that explain the actions of gods and heroes A) Legends. B) Fables. C) Myths. D) People are spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myths. 7. How does Structuralism contribute to the analysis of folk narratives from different cultures? A) By highlighting the cultural diversity of storytelling. B) By emphasizing the historical context of each narrative. C) By providing a systematic framework for comparing narratives and revealing their universal structures. D) By focusing exclusively on the moral lessons conveyed in the narratives. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By providing a systematic framework for comparing narratives and revealing their universal structures. 8. Mat Jenin is a person who..... A) Dishonest. B) Lazy. C) Stupid. D) Cunning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lazy. 9. Form of language spoken by a particular region or group; how you let your readers know that a character is from the South, for example (y'all) A) Hyperbole. B) Accent. C) Oral language. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialect. 10. Traditional story that is popularly thought of as historical but lacks evidence to verify that the events occurred. A) Fable. B) Fairy tale. C) Legend. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legend. 11. Story that often deals with a hero's adventure, magic, or romance. A) Fable. B) Myth. C) People talk. D) Legend. E) People sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People talk. 12. Form of a language spoken by people of a particular region or group; storytellers often use this to add a realistic quality to the characters A) Dialect. B) Hyperbole. C) Local customs. D) Universal theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialect. 13. This type of folk literature comes from ancient times and explains the mysteries of nature or how things came to be. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) People talk. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 14. What are Myths in Folk Literature? A) A special animal. B) A story of a person. C) Make believe people. D) Tales that relate the actions of the god/goddesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tales that relate the actions of the god/goddesses. 15. What is the purpose of Folk Literature? A) To explain or teach. B) To answer questions. C) To explain, teach and entertain. D) To laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To explain, teach and entertain. 16. What do we call fictional tales that explore the actions of gods and heroes or explain why things are a certain way in the natural world? A) Tall tales. B) Myths. C) Fables. D) Fairy tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myths. 17. Traditional stories based on real-life events A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Tall tale. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 18. Choose the best description for the following:Persephone A) Messenger god. B) Goddess of the harvest. C) Daughter of Demeter. D) Judge of the dead. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Daughter of Demeter. 19. "Daedalus and Icarus" is an example of ..... A) Epic. B) People Talk. C) Fairy Tale. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic. 20. Animals as characters in a story A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 21. Repetition in folktales can include patterns that you notice ACROSS folktales (meaning, you see these patterns in other folktales, too) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. Which theory proposes that folk narratives have their origins in explanations for natural phenomena? A) Rationalism. B) Etymological Theory. C) Allegorical Theory. D) Euhemerism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rationalism. 23. Mr. Belangan is someone who..... A) Stupid. B) Cunning. C) Dishonest. D) Lazy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dishonest. 24. Folk Literature often has ..... themes. A) Universal. B) Lesson. C) Singular. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal. 25. What is a story for children that usually involves fantastic forces and beings with a resourceful hero who goes through a test or adventure toward his or her eventual good fortune? A) Fairy tale. B) Tall tale. C) Fantasy. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tale. 26. What is "It's a piece of cake" an example of? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Idiom. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idiom. 27. What type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration? A) Irony. B) Hyperbole. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 28. A brief story with talking animals that teachers a lesson that is stated directly at the end A) Legend. B) Fable. C) Myth. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 29. "Must be honest and don't lie" is a lesson from the story: A) Mr. Kaduk. B) Mat Jenin. C) Mr. Pandir. D) Betangkup Stone Split Stone. E) Mr. Grasshopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Mr. Grasshopper. 30. The story of Cinderella is a A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Fairy tale. D) Fable. E) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy tale. 31. Story passed along by word of mouth from one generation to the next A) Oral tradition. B) Theme. C) Universal theme. D) Culturally specific. E) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oral tradition. 32. Which of the following is an example of a Jungian Archetype that represents the inner masculine qualities in women? A) The Wise Old Man. B) The Shadow. C) The Animus. D) The Hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Animus. 33. The story of The Lion and the Bulls is a A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Fairy tale. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fable. 34. What is "His face was a green tomato" an example of? A) Idiom. B) Alliteration. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Metaphor. 35. Filipinos are already creating their unique style of writing during this period. A) Emergence. B) Precolonial. C) Spanish. D) Apprenticeship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emergence. 36. What do we call stories that deal with heroes, adventure, magic, or romance? A) Fables. B) Novels. C) People are spoken. D) Short stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People are spoken. 37. A storyteller's roots; his/her view of the world A) Universal theme. B) Folk literature. C) Oral tradition. D) Cultural perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cultural perspective. 38. Any element, especially themes, that occurs in one or more works of literature A) Epic. B) Motif. C) Trickster. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Motif. 39. "Why Monkeys Live in Trees" is an example of a A) Fable. B) Tall tale. C) Myth. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People talk. 40. The story of Paul Bunyan is a A) Tall tale. B) Myth. C) Fairy tale. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tall tale. 41. Food for thought; practical wisdom A) Proverbs. B) Myth. C) Epic. D) Riddles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverbs. 42. Her smile felt real and..... A) Ornery. B) Confounded. C) Genuine. D) Regards. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genuine. 43. The passing of stories verbally from one generation to the next A) Folk Literature. B) Epic. C) Oral Tradition. D) Folk Song. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oral Tradition. 44. Has animals as characters. A) Fairy Tale. B) Fable. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 45. How does the concept of the "collective unconscious" relate to Jungian Archetypes in folk literature? A) The collective unconscious is a term used to describe folklore's historical roots. B) Jungian Archetypes originate from personal experiences and knowledge. C) The collective unconscious is the shared reservoir of experiences and knowledge. D) Jungian Archetypes are entirely independent of any collective influences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The collective unconscious is the shared reservoir of experiences and knowledge. 46. Folk literature is usually passed down by word of mouth, also known as the oral tradition A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 47. What presents the ideas, values, feelings, and beliefs of a culture in musical form? A) Broadway show. B) People sang. C) Folk movie. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People sang. 48. Folk Literature often use a Universal Theme ..... this is? A) They express something important. B) This is, many cultures and time periods that people like and understand. C) Something about culture . D) What people don't understand. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) This is, many cultures and time periods that people like and understand. 49. What details of the story reveal it's a mythological story? A) Because it had animals involved. B) Because it's fiction. C) Because it involves fictional people with super powers. D) Because it was based on a true story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because it involves fictional people with super powers. 50. Reader must determine the moral of the story using context clues A) Stated theme. B) Implied theme. C) Secondary theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implied theme. 51. Myth falls under what period? A) Apprenticeship. B) Pre-colonial. C) Spanish. D) Emergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pre-colonial. 52. The functions of myths include A) Teaching lessons about right and wrong. B) Stating a moral. C) Encouraging humans to be like the gods. D) Predicting how the world will end. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaching lessons about right and wrong. 53. What type of Folk Literature features gods and goddesses? A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 54. This type of folk literature can becone the subject of allusion A) Myth. B) Fairy tale. C) Fable. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 55. Tales that may deal with real people or magical characters; they may reflect the culture in which they were created A) Myth. B) Fable. C) People talk. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People talk. 56. Archetypes are one feature of Folk Literature. What is an archetype? A) Elements that occur regularly in literature from around the world. B) Characters. C) Themes. D) Settings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elements that occur regularly in literature from around the world. 57. What is an event, action or emotion that makes something happen? A) Pattern. B) Effect. C) Cause. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause. 58. Tells how the world and human beings came to exist. A) Origin myth. B) Myth. C) Creation myth. D) Hero myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Creation myth. 59. Central idea, message, or insight about life that a story conveys A) Theme. B) Moral. C) Purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 60. The passing along of stories by word of mouth from one generation to the next A) Myths. B) Oral tradition. C) Fables. D) People are spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral tradition. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesFolk Literature Quiz 1Folk Literature Quiz 3Folk Literature Quiz 4Folk Literature Quiz 5Folk Literature Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books