This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 21 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Oral tradition A) Shared by word of mouth. B) A storyteller's view point based on his or her environment or cultural backgroun. C) Central idea, message, or insight about life that a story conveys. D) Is repeated across many cultures and over many time periods. Good vs Evil. E) A lesson about life, stated directly at the end of the work. ex:a fable like the tortoise and the hare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shared by word of mouth. 2. The reason a piece of literature is written A) Theme. B) Moral. C) Purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Purpose. 3. What is "He is as fast as a roadrunner" an example of? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simile. 4. What is a type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject (non-living or a god) is given human characteristics? A) Personification. B) Anthropomorphism. C) Patterns. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 5. Myths can explain the origin of elements of ..... A) Nature. B) Animals. C) History. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nature. 6. Sang Kancil is a character who..... A) Lazy. B) Cunning. C) Dishonest. D) Stupid. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cunning. 7. The American Teachers were the chief or primary educators during this time. A) Precolonial. B) Apprenticeship. C) Emergence. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apprenticeship. 8. She displayed little ..... for the rules when she decided to chem gum. A) Genuine. B) Ornery. C) Regard. D) Rapscallion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Regard. 9. "The Stone" is an example of which type of folk literature? A) Myth. B) Fairy tale. C) People talk. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) People talk. 10. "I am so hungry I could eat a whole cow." A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 11. A widely told story about the past is a ..... A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 12. Which of these is a folk tale? A) Arachne. B) The affair of the Horns. C) The man with a miserable life is never tired of it. D) Why monkeys live in trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Why monkeys live in trees. 13. "Echo and Narcissus" is an example of ..... A) Myth. B) Fairy tale. C) Legend. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 14. Sarcasm; when you say something, but mean the opposite (ex- "thanks for arriving on time to class" when the person is 10 minutes late) A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Verbal irony. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verbal irony. 15. Fictional story that stretches the truth (over exaggerates) (ex-Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill) A) Tall tale. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tall tale. 16. Send my ..... to your sick grandma. A) Genuine. B) Confounded. C) Parched. D) Regards. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Regards. 17. A theme repeated across many cultures and time periods A) Folk literature. B) Oral tradition. C) Cultural perspective. D) Universal theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Universal theme. 18. A story about a Greek God who crossed the heavens in his chariot is an example of a? A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) People Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 19. Pak Belangan is a character who..... A) Losing a child due to his ignorance. B) Finally got rich. C) Managed to defeat other animals such as the crocodile. D) Love chestnuts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Finally got rich. 20. There are several types of folklore, including legends, myths, origin stories, humorous stories, animal stories and..... A) Fairy tale. B) Fairy tale. C) Horror stories. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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