This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature > Folk Literature – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A story..... is a story that is considered to have happened by a community. A) Legend. B) Joke. C) Animal. D) The people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legend. 2. Stories set in ancient times that try to explain the creation of the world A) Tall tales. B) Fairy tales. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 3. These stories were passed along by word of mouth from one generation to the next. A) Legends. B) Fantasies. C) Fables. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. Which of the following is a characteristic of a fable? A) Brief story or poem. B) Long poem about a larger than life hero. C) Based on fact. D) Explains actions of gods or goddesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brief story or poem. 5. The ....., dry land made my feet feel like they were burning. A) Drought. B) Confounded. C) Parched. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parched. 6. Reflects local customs and beliefs. A) Oral tradition. B) Theme. C) Universal theme. D) Culturally specific. E) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Culturally specific. 7. "The wind sang, making the grass dance all night long." A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Hypercole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 8. What type of folk literature is a long poem usually about a heroic figure? A) Legend. B) Epic. C) Fable. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epic. 9. A message or moral that is listed in a story; you can put your finger on it A) Stated theme. B) Implied theme. C) Secondary theme. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stated theme. 10. A type of Folk Lit that uses hyperboles; the story is based off of real-life events and the facts got twisted over the years. The main character usually accomplishes impossible feats. A) People are spoken. B) Fables. C) Myth. D) Legends. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legends. 11. What type of figurative language is "BAM" and "Pow" ? A) Metaphor. B) Irony. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Onomatopoeia. 12. McBroom the Rainmaker is a A) Fable. B) People talk. C) Legend. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall tale. 13. A brief story that frequently includes animal characters and a moral. A) Fairy tale. B) Proverb. C) Fable. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 14. Demeter was the goddesses of ..... ? A) Agriculture. B) Spring. C) Thunder. D) Love. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Agriculture. 15. Stories that often have mythic qualities and sometimes serve as morality lessons or tellers of cultural customs A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Epic. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legend. 16. In a folktale where the story elements reflect the gradual development of human society, which theory is in action? A) Naturalism. B) Jungian Archetypes. C) Structuralism. D) Evolutionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evolutionism. 17. Brief story or poem that teaches a lesson or moral. Main characters are often animals with human characteristics. A) People talk. B) Fable. C) People sang. D) Myth. E) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 18. What type of literature is "The Tortoise and the Hare" A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Fantasy. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 19. Long stories, often told in verse, involving heroes and gods A) Epic. B) Myth. C) Fairy Tale. D) Folk Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epic. 20. "Humans need to think rationally before acting so as not to lose or suffer shame" is a lesson from the story: A) Mr. Kaduk. B) Mat Jenin. C) Mr. Pandir. D) Betangkup Stone Split Stone. E) Mr. Grasshopper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mr. Kaduk. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements 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 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books