This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Oral tradition is A) Written stories from long ago that we still read today. B) Words that are spoken in a culture's ancient language. C) The passing along of stories by word of mouth. D) Songs that became stores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The passing along of stories by word of mouth. 2. According to Naturalism, what does the presence of stories about spirits in nature reveal about a community? A) Their preference for supernatural elements. B) Their dependence on religious rituals. C) Their deep connection to their natural surroundings. D) Their interest in historical events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their deep connection to their natural surroundings. 3. During this period, students became assistants or protegees of American teachers A) Apprenticeship. B) Emergence. C) Modern. D) Precolonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Apprenticeship. 4. Choose the best description for the following:Zeus A) Messenger god. B) King of the Greek gods. C) Three spirits of punishment. D) Judge of the dead. E) Youth who knows where Persephone was taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) King of the Greek gods. 5. Creating characters by showing what characters do, say or think A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characterization. 6. This story describes a A) Mother who refuses to let her daughter grow up. B) Willful child who must be rescued by a loving parent. C) Mother who feels a very strong bond with her daughter. D) Woman who has difficulty fulfilling her role as a parent. E) Daughter who cannot escape from her overprotective mother. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mother who feels a very strong bond with her daughter. 7. Which of the following would not be a common setting for Folk Literature A) Classroom. B) Forest. C) Castle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classroom. 8. Pak Pandir is someone who..... A) Lazy. B) Cunning. C) Dishonest. D) Stupid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stupid. 9. Tales that relate to gods, goddesses, and the heroes that interact with them A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Tall tale. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 10. The main difference between a fairy tale and a folktale is that fairy tales are stories that involve magic and imaginary creatures, while folktales tend to reflect the ..... of common people (even if the story is told with animals). A) Hopes and dreams. B) Real-life experiences. C) Fictional desires. D) Friendships. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Real-life experiences. 11. Stories told about real people exaggerated over time. A) Fairy Tales. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 12. What is an element that recurs regularly in literature and as similar meanings to people of different cultures and era? A) Moral. B) Fable. C) Lesson. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetype. 13. A collection of fictional tales that explain the actions of gods and heroes and explain natural phenomena A) People are spoken. B) Myths. C) Legend. D) Mythology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mythology. 14. A ..... is a widely told story about the past. A) Epic. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 15. What tells the wild adventures of extravagantly exaggerated folk heroes? A) Fairy tale. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall tale. 16. Origin of things A) Legend. B) Fable. C) Myth. D) Proverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legend. 17. Choose the best description for the following:Erinyes A) Messenger god. B) River of forgetfulness. C) Three spirits of punishment. D) Where the ancient gods live. E) Youth who knows where Persephone was taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Three spirits of punishment. 18. Any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folktale. 19. Folktales are told from one generation to another in a..... A) Writing. B) Oral. C) Painting. D) Engraving. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral. 20. Language spoken by people of a certain region or group A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Dialect. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialect. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesFolk Literature Quiz 1Folk Literature Quiz 3Folk Literature Quiz 4Folk Literature Quiz 5Folk Literature Quiz 6Folk Literature Quiz 7Folk Literature Quiz 8Folk Literature Quiz 9Folk Literature Quiz 10Folk Literature Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books