This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 18 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 18 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which theory focuses on the transmission of folk narratives through cultural contact and migration? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Diffusionism. D) Evolutionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diffusionism. 2. Faith was the predominant THEME of writing during this period A) Apprenticeship. B) Pre-colonial. C) Emergence. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spanish. 3. Stories about a person who actually lived but the details have been exaggerated over time A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Tall tale. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 4. Choose the best description for the following:Rhadamanthus A) Where the ancient gods live. B) River of forgetfulness. C) Three spirits of punishment. D) Judge of the dead. E) Youth who knows where Persephone was taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Judge of the dead. 5. The main genre name for fables, myths, legends, fairy tales, and tall tales is called A) Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Traditional literature. D) People are spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional literature. 6. Gods, Goddesses, and Creatures A) Legend. B) Epic. C) Myth. D) Riddles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 7. According to Ritualism theory in folk literature, what is the fundamental connection between myths and rituals? A) Myths provide entertainment during rituals. B) Rituals explain the meaning of myths. C) Rituals justify and explain religious practices. D) Myths are used to criticize rituals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rituals justify and explain religious practices. 8. Choose the best description for the following:Triptolemus A) Where the ancient gods live. B) River of forgetfulness. C) Three spirits of punishment. D) Judge of the dead. E) Youth who knows where Persephone was taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Youth who knows where Persephone was taken. 9. The sharing of stories through word of mouth is called A) Oral tradition. B) Word of mouth. C) Universal theme. D) Cultural perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Oral tradition. 10. Adventures of a hero A) Riddles. B) Epic. C) Proverbs. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 11. What type of literature is "Robin Hood" A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Fantasy. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 12. "John Henry had the strength of twenty men.", is an example of ..... A) Dialect. B) Quest. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 13. King Arthur is an example of a ..... A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Epic. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 14. A folktale reflects the ..... of the culture it was written for. A) Rules. B) Punishments. C) Values. D) Songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Values. 15. What type of literature is "Pandora's Box" A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Fantasy. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 16. What type of folk literature is popularly believed to be true, but it isn't proven to be true? A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Folktale. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 17. "This Land is Your Land" is an example of what type of folk literature? A) People sang. B) Fable. C) Tall tale. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People sang. 18. The hero in an epic goes on a dangerous quest or ..... A) Journey. B) Adventure. C) Path. D) Search. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Journey. 19. Which of these is an origin myth? A) The Twelve Labors of Hercules. B) The Creation. C) Arachne. D) Cinderella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Arachne. 20. Which type of story would you likely find a princess as a character? A) Fable. B) Fairy tale. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fairy tale. ← 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