This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is a Fairy Tale? A) The Twelve Labors of Hercules. B) The Creation. C) Arachne. D) Cinderella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cinderella. 2. What main type of folk literature includes stories that are passed down by word of mouth and are usually considered "Anonymous" ? A) Myths. B) Legends. C) Fairy tales. D) People are spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) People are spoken. 3. An ..... is a long narrative poem that is important to the history of a nation or culture. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Epic. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epic. 4. A reference in literature to a famous person, place, event, or other piece of literature A) Allusion. B) Hyperbole. C) Dialect. D) Custom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 5. A lesson about life, stated directly, usually at the end of a work A) Theme. B) Moral. C) Purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moral. 6. These stories are animal stories. A) Betangkup Stone Split Stone. B) Mat Jenin. C) Mr. Kaduk. D) The deer. E) Mr. Grasshopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The deer. 7. Who are the main characters of last weeks short story? A) Demeter and Persephone. B) Hercules and Demeter. C) Persephone and Zeus. D) Hermit and Olive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Demeter and Persephone. 8. An enchanted princess, superhuman heroes, and talking animals are what type of common archetype in folk literature? A) Plot. B) Character. C) Ideas. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Character. 9. A genre of writing that has its roots in the oral tradition A) Folk literature. B) Oral tradition. C) Cultural perspective. D) Universal theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folk literature. 10. "The White Snake" is an example of ..... A) Fairy tale. B) Myth. C) Epic. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tale. 11. 3 is the magic number for patterns in folktales A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 12. Choose the best description for the following:Elysian Fields A) River of forgetfulness. B) Where the ancient gods live. C) Main river of the Underworld. D) Paradise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradise. 13. A literary device used; an extreme exaggeration A) Allusion. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Customs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 14. One of my favorite books is Little House on the ..... A) Drought. B) Rapscallion. C) Prarie. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prarie. 15. Short saying passed down by word of mouth A) Origin Myth. B) Hero Myth. C) Fairy Tale. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Proverb. 16. What is a "generation" ? A) A group of kids. B) Any group of people in the same place. C) Groups that live in the same town. D) A group of people born and living during the same time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A group of people born and living during the same time. 17. A story that tells about the actions of a hero A) Origin Myth. B) Hero Myth. C) Fairy Tale. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hero Myth. 18. Lesson throughout the story A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Moral. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral. 19. What is the result of something else happening? A) Cause. B) Symbol. C) Effect. D) Pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effect. 20. What is a legend? A) A traditional story that is popularly thought of as historical, but lacks evidence to verify that the events occurred. B) A type of folk literature that includes magic and the supernatural (wicked witches, demons, monsters, or dragons). C) A traditional story that usually presents supernatural events involving gods and heroes. D) A brief story that frequently includes animal characters and a moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A traditional story that is popularly thought of as historical, but lacks evidence to verify that the events occurred. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesFolk Literature Quiz 1Folk Literature Quiz 2Folk Literature Quiz 3Folk Literature Quiz 4Folk Literature Quiz 5Folk Literature Quiz 6Folk Literature Quiz 7Folk Literature Quiz 8Folk Literature Quiz 9Folk Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books