This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Stories that deal with mischievous spirits and other supernatural occurrences, often in medieval setting A) Fairy Tale. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy Tale. 2. Universal themes A) Is folk literature that teaches or presents a moral lesson about life, at the end of the story. B) Is repeated across many cultures and over many time periods. Good vs Evil. C) Is the central idea, message, or insight about life that a story conveys. D) A storyteller's view point based on his or her environment or cultural background. E) Stories shared by word of mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is repeated across many cultures and over many time periods. Good vs Evil. 3. What are Folk Tales? A) A common word. B) A song with magical words. C) A character with super powers. D) An oral story that reflects on magical characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An oral story that reflects on magical characters. 4. Which type is typically created for children? A) Tales. B) Myths. C) Fables. D) Legends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tales. 5. A brief story with talking animals that teaches a lesson to children A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 6. Which of the following is a characteristic of a legend? A) Brief story or poem. B) Long poem about a larger than life hero. C) Sometimes based on fact. D) Explains actions of gods or goddesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sometimes based on fact. 7. Long narrative poems that are important to the history of a nation or culture A) Fable. B) Epic. C) Myth. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 8. In a folktale where elements are interpreted as reflections of collective human experiences, which theory is being applied? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Jungian Archetypes. D) Freudianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jungian Archetypes. 9. "John Henry's hammer sang out.", is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Dialect. C) Personification. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 10. Which type of folk lit uses hyperbole? A) Fairy tale. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 11. What is a huge exaggeration that is often used to create a comic effect? A) Moral. B) Fantasy. C) Hyperbole. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 12. Some legends are based on ..... while others are ..... A) Fact, fiction. B) Truth, reality. C) Fact, reality. D) Myths, legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fact, fiction. 13. What are some of the most common Characteristics of Folk Literature? A) Heroes, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. B) Heroes, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and conflict. C) Actors, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. D) Animals, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heroes, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. 14. Told not only to entertain, but also to communicate the shared ideas of a culture. A) Dialect. B) People are spoken. C) Local customs. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People are spoken. 15. Characters tend to be brave heroes/heroines, animals with human traits, have extreme talents or magical powers, and ..... A) Are nice. B) Are tricksters. C) Are old and wise. D) Are average, everyday kids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are tricksters. 16. A traditional story that usually presents supernatural events involving gods and heroes. A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 17. Accounts for how things came to be/be known. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Tale. D) Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 18. This term involves surprising or amusing contradictions. A) Hyperbole. B) Fantasy. C) Universal Theme. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 19. A type of writing that is highly imaginative and contains elements that are not found in real life A) People talk. B) Mythology. C) Fantasy. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 20. I was so ..... after I ran outside. A) Drought. B) Parched. C) Ornery. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parched. ← 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