This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature > Folk Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the meaning of folklore? A) Fairy tales of ancient times. B) Stories that are oral and delivered to entertain and educate. C) Stories made up by old people. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Stories that are oral and delivered to entertain and educate. 2. The ..... snails ate all of the crops. A) Ornery. B) Confounded. C) Rapscallion. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confounded. 3. Folk literature has specific characteristics that apply to the setting, characters, plot, and theme A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is a Trickster, In figurative language? A) A clever character, who fools everybody. B) It's a dialect of the story. C) It's a common language. D) It's a Heroe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A clever character, who fools everybody. 5. Which theory argues that folk narratives evolved from historical accounts of real events and individuals? A) Rationalism. B) Etymological Theory. C) Allegorical Theory. D) Euhemerism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Euhemerism. 6. A ..... is a fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of elements of nature. A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 7. Paul Bunyan is a story about a giant lumberjack; his story told through oral tradition in US A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folktale. 8. A story, character, motif, or theme that represents a familiar pattern repeated throughout literature and across cultures A) Trickster. B) Hero. C) Archetype. D) Symbol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Archetype. 9. "Mat Jenin's Wishes" "Princess Santubong and Princess Sejinjang" "The Story of Six Blind People Seeing an Elephant" "Doyan Budak Hingung Terbal" . The stories above are examples..... A) Fairy tale. B) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folklore. 10. Told not only to entertain, but also to communicate the shared ideas of a culture; they often deal with heroes, adventure, magic, or romance A) People are spoken. B) Fables. C) Myths. D) Fairy tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People are spoken. 11. What type of Folk Literature is "Cinderella" ? A) Fable. B) Folktale. C) Fairy tale. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy tale. 12. A ..... often features magic, fairies, princes, and princesses. A) Fable. B) Tall tale. C) Fairy tale. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy tale. 13. Epic was one of the types of folk literature during this period. A) Spanish. B) Precolonial. C) Contemporary. D) Emergence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Precolonial. 14. "I have a ton of homework." is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Universal theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 15. The traditional knowledge and beliefs of a culture that are transmitted by word of mouth A) Oral tradition. B) Folk Literature. C) People Talk. D) Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folk Literature. 16. The Kancil 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: C) Managed to defeat other animals such as the crocodile. 17. "The wind sang, making the grass dance all night long." is an example of ..... A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Allusion. D) Magic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 18. Expresses insights about life that can be understood by most people of most cultures A) Oral tradition. B) Theme. C) Universal theme. D) Culturally specific. E) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Universal theme. 19. Which of the following is NOT true of folk literature? A) Can be understood by all people. B) Reflects customs and beliefs. C) Expresses insights about life. D) Uses text features to present factual information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Uses text features to present factual information. 20. 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. Next →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesFolk 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