This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who was Hermes in the story? A) The god of light. B) The god of war. C) The god of thunder. D) The messenger of the gods. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The messenger of the gods. 2. Present day literature emerged during this period. A) Precolonial. B) Spanish. C) Emergence. D) Contemporary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contemporary. 3. Who are members of YOUR generation? A) Your parents. B) Your grandparents. C) Your classmates. D) Your neighbors. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Your classmates. 4. In a folktale where repetitive actions and ceremonies hold symbolic importance, which theory is likely being applied? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Diffusionism. D) Evolutionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ritualism. 5. These stories are legendary stories. A) Betangkup Stone Split Stone. B) Mat Jenin. C) Mr. Kaduk. D) Mr. Pandir. E) Mr. Grasshopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Betangkup Stone Split Stone. 6. Which type usually features gods/goddesses? A) Fairy tale. B) Legend. C) Tall tale. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth. 7. A short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 8. A story about Cinderella where she is rescued by her fairy godmother is an example of a A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Folk Tale/Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folk Tale/Fairy Tale. 9. Brainteasers; used for entertainment A) Riddles. B) Proverbs. C) Legend. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Riddles. 10. Some legends are based in ..... while others are purely fictional. A) Fact. B) Fiction. C) The future. D) Themes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact. 11. A story usually connected to a real person or event set in the past. Focusing on extraordinary deeds combining real and fictional elements. (example:John Henry) A) Fable. B) Tall tale. C) Fairy tale. D) Myth. E) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Legend. 12. What is "My parents never talk to me" an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Hyperbole. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 13. In which genre are the good characters often beautiful and the evil ones ugly? A) Fairy tales. B) Legend. C) Tall tales. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tales. 14. When the opposite of what you expect happens (ex-fire station burning down, teacher who doesn't know how to read) A) Dramatic irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Situational irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Situational irony. 15. A way to categorize books is: A) Sections. B) Fiction. C) Genre. D) Library. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 16. What is a person, place, or object that represents something beyond its literal meaning? A) Symbol. B) Effect. C) Archetype. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Symbol. 17. According to which theory, folk narratives are seen as a reflection of the historical and social context in which they were created? A) Structuralism. B) Jungian Archetypes. C) Freudianism. D) Historical-critical theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical-critical theory. 18. Stories that contain elements of the early history of the existence of a tribe or natural events. Here is the meaning..... A) Myths. B) Legend. C) Story. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myths. 19. A literary device used as an extreme exaggeration or overstatement A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 20. Stories passed by word of mouth from generation to generation A) People are spoken. B) Folk literature. C) Proverb. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People are spoken. ← 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