This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk > Folk Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following would NOT be a reason for a myth to be written? A) How did our world come to be?. B) Where does thunder come from?. C) Why is that person considered a hero?. D) Where do people go when they die?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Why is that person considered a hero?. 2. Acts as an adult; grownup qualities A) Mature. B) Courageous. C) Caring. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mature. 3. When Athena and Arachne compete in a weaving contest, it is a part of the story's ..... A) Climax. B) Rising Action. C) Falling Action. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 4. To put things together to see how they are different. A) Fables. B) Contrast. C) Compare. D) Fairytale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 5. Which is an element of folk tales? A) Supernatural events set in the distant past. B) Talking animals or other characters with supernatural abilities. C) Both of the above. D) Neither of these are elements of folk tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both of the above. 6. A story about Cinderella, and she is rescued by her fairy godmother is an example of a? A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Folk Tale/Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folk Tale/Fairy Tale. 7. Which type of folk lit uses hyperbole? A) Fairy tale. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 8. Which type of story? ..... " Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue." A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall tale. 9. Which character tamed a tornado? A) Pecos Bill. B) John Henry. C) Paul Bunyan. D) Johnny Appleseed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pecos Bill. 10. Folktales are A) Fictional stories about ordinary people. B) About people who are currently alive and are really good at something. C) Based on historical people or events, but are exaggerated. D) Stories that try to explain how our world works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fictional stories about ordinary people. 11. Many people who came to watch Arachne wondered if the goddess Athena had taught her to weave. Arachne's reaction to this wonderment suggests that she feels ..... A) Angry. B) Confident. C) Surprised. D) Worried. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Angry. 12. The Boy Who Cried Wolf is an example of a ..... A) Fable. B) Folk Tale. C) Fairy Tale. D) All of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 13. The hero in an epic goes on a dangerous quest or ..... A) Journey. B) Adventure. C) Path. D) Search. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Journey. 14. She is the goddess of the Earth and of agriculture. She causes the world to have winter when her daughter, Persephone is with Hades. A) Athena. B) Artemis. C) Aphrodite. D) Demeter. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demeter. 15. This type of story includes heavy symbolism. A) Fable. B) Tall tale. C) Black folktale. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Black folktale. 16. A folktale that contains magical characters is a ..... A) Tall Tale. B) Fairy Tale. C) Fable. D) Pourquoi Tal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fairy Tale. 17. The kinds of characters found in myths are ..... A) (a.) Supernatural beings. B) Gods. C) (c.) both a and b are correct. D) (d.) neither a or b are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (c.) both a and b are correct. 18. He is the god of the Sky and controls the other gods and goddesses, also known as Jupiter. A) Hermes. B) Ares. C) Apollo. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Zeus. 19. Stories that are part of oral tradition are stories that, A) Teach a lesson about life. B) Have a hyperbole. C) Are told by word of mouth and passed along by many generations. D) Have magic and myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Are told by word of mouth and passed along by many generations. 20. What is a story that explains natural occurrences and expresses beliefs about right and wrong? A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Epic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. Next →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesFolk Literature Quiz 2Folk Literature Quiz 3Folk Literature Quiz 4Folk Literature Quiz 5Folk Literature Quiz 6Folk Literature Quiz 7Folk Literature Quiz 8Folk Literature Quiz 9Folk Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books