This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tells how the world and human beings came to exist. A) Myth. B) Hero myth. C) Origin myth. D) Creation myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creation myth. 2. Central idea, message, or insight about life that a story conveys A) Theme. B) Moral. C) Purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 3. The passing along of stories by word of mouth from one generation to the next A) People are spoken. B) Oral tradition. C) Fables. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral tradition. 4. Usually has good/beautiful and evil/ugly character. A) Tall Tale. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fairy Tale. 5. My shirt was not ..... silk, but I still loved it. A) Confounded. B) Ornery. C) Prairie. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genuine. 6. Short, familiar saying, often passed down through the oral tradition that expresses a basic truth about life. A) Proverb. B) Fable. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverb. 7. "Arachne" is an example of what type of folk literature? A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) People sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 8. A story about the Roman god Apollo A) Fantasy. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth. 9. Explains a natural event; gods are often main characters (ex-Zeus, Hercules, why there are earthquakes) A) Fairy tale. B) Tall tale. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 10. I love to watch the horses roam free on the ..... A) Confounded. B) Regards. C) Prarie. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prarie. 11. What theory suggests that folktales contain hidden moral lessons and deeper meanings? A) Rationalism. B) Etymological Theory. C) Allegorical Theory. D) Euhemerism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegorical Theory. 12. Stories that are part of oral tradition are stories that, A) Teach a lesson about life. B) Have a hyperbole. C) Are told by word of mouth and passed along by many generations. D) Have magic and myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are told by word of mouth and passed along by many generations. 13. Involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions; when some folk tales and fables have surprise endings, because they do not turn out as you expect A) Hyperbole. B) Dialect. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 14. A ..... is a highly exaggerated story. It is easy to spot hyperbole in this tale. A) People talk. B) Fairy tale. C) Tall tale. D) Oral tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tall tale. 15. Which type of folk literature are traditional stories about real-life occurrences? A) Legends. B) Tall Tales. C) Fairytales. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legends. 16. I felt ..... when my mom said that we couldn't use electronics for the rest of the day. A) Rapscallion. B) Ornery. C) Parched. D) Confounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ornery. 17. Settings in folk literature include all of the following EXCEPT: A) Challenging or threatening landscapes. B) Severe, unexpected weather. C) A "normal" and modern world. D) Supernatural worlds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A "normal" and modern world. 18. A book from the "Who was" series would be an example of: A) Fiction. B) Realistic fiction. C) Autobiography. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biography. 19. Which example best illustrates the concept of Naturalism in folk literature? A) Stories about mythical creatures. B) Legends about famous heroes. C) Tales of spirits residing in specific trees. D) Fables with moral lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tales of spirits residing in specific trees. 20. Which theory interprets folk narratives in terms of hidden psychological motives and desires? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Diffusionism. D) Freudianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freudianism. ← 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 9Folk Literature Quiz 10Folk Literature Quiz 11 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books