This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature > Folk Literature – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Folktales don't always have to have a theme. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 2. Heroes and heroines A) Clever character who can fool others, but often gets into trouble. B) Brief stories or poems that often feature animal character who act and speak like humans. C) Long narrative poems important to the history of a nation or culture. D) Found in myths, legends, and epics. E) Type of figurative language where non human objects get human qualities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clever character who can fool others, but often gets into trouble. 3. In a folk tale, the author makes a reference to The Garden of Eden. A) Personification. B) Irony. C) Hyperbole. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Allusion. 4. These stories teach morals with animals who act like people. They are simple, with 3 characters or less, and may use trickery in the plot. (example:The Tiger Who Would Be King) A) Fable. B) Tall tale. C) Fairy tale. D) Myth. E) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 5. Highly imaginative and containing elements not found in real life A) Fantasy. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. E) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fantasy. 6. Fictional tales that explain actions of gods and heroes or explain natural phenomena A) People are spoken. B) Fables. C) Myths. D) Legends. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myths. 7. Choose the best description for the following:Hades A) The youth who knows where Persephone was taken. B) Three spirits of punishment. C) King of the Greek gods. D) God of the Underworld. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) God of the Underworld. 8. In "Rumpelstiltskin", what task did the King want the woman to do? A) Spin straw into gold. B) Milk the cows. C) Change apples into grapes. D) Sew magical buttons onto his clothes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spin straw into gold. 9. The story of Arachne is a A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Fairy tale. D) Fable. E) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 10. What are Fables? A) A story of animals. B) A story of a princess and her friends. C) A story with characters who speak and always has a moral lesson at the end. D) A magical story with magical animals in it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A story with characters who speak and always has a moral lesson at the end. 11. Which theory suggests that folk narratives reflect the influence of environmental factors and the struggle for survival? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Diffusionism. D) Evolutionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Naturalism. 12. Which of the following is NOT a typical character in Folk Literature A) Gods or goddesses. B) Princess. C) Poet. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poet. 13. Whats a Tall Tale? A) An action figure. B) A hero who performs impossible feats. C) A true story. D) A show. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A hero who performs impossible feats. 14. Which theory focuses on the transmission of folk narratives through cultural contact and migration? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Diffusionism. D) Evolutionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diffusionism. 15. Faith was the predominant THEME of writing during this period A) Apprenticeship. B) Pre-colonial. C) Emergence. D) Spanish. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spanish. 16. Stories about a person who actually lived but the details have been exaggerated over time A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Tall tale. D) People talk. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 17. Choose the best description for the following:Rhadamanthus A) Where the ancient gods live. B) River of forgetfulness. C) Three spirits of punishment. D) Judge of the dead. E) Youth who knows where Persephone was taken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Judge of the dead. 18. The main genre name for fables, myths, legends, fairy tales, and tall tales is called A) Fiction. B) Poetry. C) Traditional literature. D) People are spoken. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Traditional literature. 19. Gods, Goddesses, and Creatures A) Legend. B) Epic. C) Myth. D) Riddles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 20. According to Ritualism theory in folk literature, what is the fundamental connection between myths and rituals? A) Myths provide entertainment during rituals. B) Rituals explain the meaning of myths. C) Rituals justify and explain religious practices. D) Myths are used to criticize rituals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rituals justify and explain religious practices. ← 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