Folk Literature Quiz 17 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Choose the best description for the following:Hermes

Correct Answer: A) Messenger god.

2. Choose the best description for the following:Olympus

Correct Answer: D) Where the ancient gods live.

3. What would be the effect of always telling lies?

Correct Answer: D) No one would believe you even when you tell the truth.

4. Which culture does Persephone and Demeter come from?

Correct Answer: B) Greek.

5. "The bear said, 'Hello!" ' would be an example of what type of figurative language?

Correct Answer: C) Personification.

6. Folktales are stories in the form of oral stories. This story was told from..... and then became a legacy in our society.

Correct Answer: A) One generation to another generation.

7. The ..... lock would not open even though I correctly entered the combination.

Correct Answer: A) Confounded.

8. Traditional stories, rooted in particular cultures, that deal with gods and other supernatural beings

Correct Answer: B) Myth.

9. Stories were passed along by word of mouth from one generation to the next; the passing along of these stories in this way is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Oral tradition.

10. What is the element of giving an animal human characteristics?

Correct Answer: A) Anthropomorphism.

11. Cultural perspective is .....

Correct Answer: A) One's view of the world.

12. The swashbuckling pirates we read about in our adventure stories are almost always .....

Correct Answer: D) Rapscallions.

13. This type of folk literature often features personified ..... and a directly stated moral at the .....

Correct Answer: C) Animals, end.

14. Involves surprises, unexpected events, and interesting or amusing contradictions

Correct Answer: D) Irony.

15. Epics tell stories of ..... heroes

Correct Answer: A) Larger than life.

16. The story of Persephone, which includes Hades, is an example of a .....

Correct Answer: D) Myth.

17. Believed to have some historical truth (ex-Johnny Appleseed, La Llorona, Big Foot, King Arthur)

Correct Answer: B) Legend.

18. "Arachne" is an example of a

Correct Answer: A) Myth.

19. Exaggeration that is often used to create comic effect

Correct Answer: C) Hyperbole.

20. Stories that are part of oral tradition

Correct Answer: C) Are told by word of mouth and passed along by many generations.