This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk Literature > Folk Literature – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Archetypes are one feature of Folk Literature. What is an archetype? A) Characters. B) Settings. C) Elements that occur regularly in literature from around the world. D) Themes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Elements that occur regularly in literature from around the world. 2. What is an event, action or emotion that makes something happen? A) Cause. B) Symbol. C) Effect. D) Pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause. 3. Tells how the world and human beings came to exist. A) Myth. B) Hero myth. C) Origin myth. D) Creation myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Creation myth. 4. Central idea, message, or insight about life that a story conveys A) Theme. B) Moral. C) Purpose. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 5. The passing along of stories by word of mouth from one generation to the next A) People are spoken. B) Oral tradition. C) Fables. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral tradition. 6. Usually has good/beautiful and evil/ugly character. A) Tall Tale. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fairy Tale. 7. My shirt was not ..... silk, but I still loved it. A) Confounded. B) Ornery. C) Prairie. D) Genuine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Genuine. 8. Short, familiar saying, often passed down through the oral tradition that expresses a basic truth about life. A) Proverb. B) Fable. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proverb. 9. "Arachne" is an example of what type of folk literature? A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) People sang. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 10. A story about the Roman god Apollo A) Fantasy. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myth. 11. Explains a natural event; gods are often main characters (ex-Zeus, Hercules, why there are earthquakes) A) Fairy tale. B) Tall tale. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 12. I love to watch the horses roam free on the ..... A) Confounded. B) Regards. C) Prarie. D) Drought. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prarie. 13. What theory suggests that folktales contain hidden moral lessons and deeper meanings? A) Rationalism. B) Etymological Theory. C) Allegorical Theory. D) Euhemerism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegorical Theory. 14. Involves surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions; when some folk tales and fables have surprise endings, because they do not turn out as you expect A) Hyperbole. B) Dialect. C) Allusion. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Irony. 15. A ..... is a highly exaggerated story. It is easy to spot hyperbole in this tale. A) People talk. B) Fairy tale. C) Tall tale. D) Oral tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tall tale. 16. Which type of folk literature are traditional stories about real-life occurrences? A) Legends. B) Tall Tales. C) Fairytales. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legends. 17. I felt ..... when my mom said that we couldn't use electronics for the rest of the day. A) Rapscallion. B) Ornery. C) Parched. D) Confounded. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ornery. 18. A book from the "Who was" series would be an example of: A) Fiction. B) Realistic fiction. C) Autobiography. D) Biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biography. 19. Which example best illustrates the concept of Naturalism in folk literature? A) Stories about mythical creatures. B) Legends about famous heroes. C) Tales of spirits residing in specific trees. D) Fables with moral lessons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tales of spirits residing in specific trees. 20. Which theory interprets folk narratives in terms of hidden psychological motives and desires? A) Naturalism. B) Ritualism. C) Diffusionism. D) Freudianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freudianism. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesFolk Literature Quiz 1Folk Literature Quiz 2Folk Literature Quiz 3Folk Literature Quiz 4Folk Literature Quiz 5Folk Literature Quiz 6Folk Literature Quiz 8Folk Literature Quiz 9Folk Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books