This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Traditional story that is popularly thought of as historical but lacks evidence to verify that the events occurred. A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Legend. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legend. 2. Story that often deals with a hero's adventure, magic, or romance. A) People talk. B) Fable. C) People sang. D) Myth. E) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People talk. 3. Form of a language spoken by people of a particular region or group; storytellers often use this to add a realistic quality to the characters A) Hyperbole. B) Dialect. C) Local customs. D) Universal theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialect. 4. This type of folk literature comes from ancient times and explains the mysteries of nature or how things came to be. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) People talk. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 5. What are Myths in Folk Literature? A) Tales that relate the actions of the god/goddesses. B) Make believe people. C) A special animal. D) A story of a person. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tales that relate the actions of the god/goddesses. 6. Explains objects or events in nature A) Origin Myth. B) Hero Myth. C) Fairy Tale. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Origin Myth. 7. What is the purpose of Folk Literature? A) To explain or teach. B) To answer questions. C) To explain, teach and entertain. D) To laugh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To explain, teach and entertain. 8. What do we call fictional tales that explore the actions of gods and heroes or explain why things are a certain way in the natural world? A) Tall tales. B) Myths. C) Fables. D) Fairy tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myths. 9. Traditional stories based on real-life events A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Tall tale. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 10. Choose the best description for the following:Persephone A) Messenger god. B) Goddess of the harvest. C) Judge of the dead. D) Daughter of Demeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Daughter of Demeter. 11. Fables A) Are long narrative poems important to the history of a nation or culture. B) Found in myths, legends, and epics. C) Brief stories or poems that often feature animal characters who act and speak like humans. D) Clever character who can fool others, but often gets into trouble. E) Non-human objects get human qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Brief stories or poems that often feature animal characters who act and speak like humans. 12. A ..... is a fictional tale, like "Demeter and Persephone" A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 13. "Daedalus and Icarus" is an example of ..... A) Fairy Tale. B) Epic. C) Legend. D) People Talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 14. Animals as characters in a story A) Epic. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 15. Repetition in folktales can include patterns that you notice ACROSS folktales (meaning, you see these patterns in other folktales, too) A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. Which theory proposes that folk narratives have their origins in explanations for natural phenomena? A) Rationalism. B) Etymological Theory. C) Allegorical Theory. D) Euhemerism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rationalism. 17. The purpose of Folk literature is what? A) To entertain. B) To teach. C) To persuade. D) To Argue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To teach. 18. Mr. Belangan is someone who..... A) Lazy. B) Cunning. C) Dishonest. D) Stupid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dishonest. 19. Folk Literature often has ..... themes. A) Universal. B) Singular. C) Funny. D) Lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universal. 20. What is a story for children that usually involves fantastic forces and beings with a resourceful hero who goes through a test or adventure toward his or her eventual good fortune? A) Fairy tale. B) Tall tale. C) Fantasy. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tale. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesFolk Literature Quiz 1Folk Literature Quiz 2Folk Literature Quiz 3Folk Literature Quiz 4Folk 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