This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature > Folk Literature – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to which theory, folk narratives are seen as a reflection of the historical and social context in which they were created? A) Structuralism. B) Jungian Archetypes. C) Freudianism. D) Historical-critical theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Historical-critical theory. 2. Stories that contain elements of the early history of the existence of a tribe or natural events. Here is the meaning..... A) Myths. B) Legend. C) Story. D) Folklore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myths. 3. A literary device used as an extreme exaggeration or overstatement A) Personification. B) Hyperbole. C) Irony. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 4. Stories passed by word of mouth from generation to generation A) People are spoken. B) Folk literature. C) Proverb. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) People are spoken. 5. Stories that deal with mischievous spirits and other supernatural occurrences, often in medieval setting A) Fairy Tale. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy Tale. 6. Universal themes A) Is folk literature that teaches or presents a moral lesson about life, at the end of the story. B) Is repeated across many cultures and over many time periods. Good vs Evil. C) Is the central idea, message, or insight about life that a story conveys. D) A storyteller's view point based on his or her environment or cultural background. E) Stories shared by word of mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is repeated across many cultures and over many time periods. Good vs Evil. 7. What are Folk Tales? A) A common word. B) A song with magical words. C) A character with super powers. D) An oral story that reflects on magical characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An oral story that reflects on magical characters. 8. A brief story with talking animals that teaches a lesson to children A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 9. Which of the following is a characteristic of a legend? A) Brief story or poem. B) Long poem about a larger than life hero. C) Sometimes based on fact. D) Explains actions of gods or goddesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sometimes based on fact. 10. Long narrative poems that are important to the history of a nation or culture A) Fable. B) Epic. C) Myth. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 11. In a folktale where elements are interpreted as reflections of collective human experiences, which theory is being applied? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Jungian Archetypes. D) Freudianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jungian Archetypes. 12. What is a huge exaggeration that is often used to create a comic effect? A) Moral. B) Fantasy. C) Hyperbole. D) Archetype. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole. 13. What are some of the most common Characteristics of Folk Literature? A) Heroes, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. B) Heroes, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and conflict. C) Actors, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. D) Animals, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heroes, tricksters, personification, hyperbole and dialect. 14. Told not only to entertain, but also to communicate the shared ideas of a culture. A) Dialect. B) People are spoken. C) Local customs. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) People are spoken. 15. A traditional story that usually presents supernatural events involving gods and heroes. A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 16. Accounts for how things came to be/be known. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Tale. D) Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 17. A type of writing that is highly imaginative and contains elements that are not found in real life A) People talk. B) Mythology. C) Fantasy. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fantasy. 18. I was so ..... after I ran outside. A) Drought. B) Parched. C) Ornery. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parched. 19. Pak Pandir 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: A) Losing a child due to his ignorance. 20. What are the characteristics of a FLAT character? A) Have one main trait. B) Young Characters. C) Heroes or heroines. D) Have a lesson to teach. 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