This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk > Folk Literature – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. "Snow White" is an example of a ..... A) Fairy Tale. B) Fable. C) Tall Tale. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy Tale. 2. Icarus' father told him what? A) Don't fly past midnight. B) Stay as far away from me as you can. C) Don't fly too close to the sun. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Don't fly too close to the sun. 3. A type of writing that is very imaginative and has elements not found in real life is known as? A) Hyperbole. B) Irony. C) Local Customs. D) Fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fantasy. 4. A ..... is a fictional tale, like "Demeter and Persephone" A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 5. Annotating on a text helps us: A) Hyperbole. B) Analyze the text. C) Draw pictures. D) Locate the hero. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze the text. 6. A story that tells about the actions of a hero A) Origin Myth. B) Hero Myth. C) Fairy Tale. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hero Myth. 7. The main character in a story. Usually the "good" character. A) Antagonist. B) Problem. C) Protagonist. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protagonist. 8. Which type of folklore? -Very old/ancient story retold orally through generations-Characters are supernatural (gods, goddess, ancestors, heroes)-Explains where something has come from or began-Greek & Roman-Example:Zeus, Narcissus A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Tall Tale. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 9. Bre'r Rabbit, The Tortise and The Hare, Alice in Wonderland, Curious George, are examples of what type of American Folklore? A) Fables. B) Myths. C) Legends. D) Epics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fables. 10. -2. Stories from a society's most recent past. They are inspired by real people and real events and are passed down. A) Legend. B) Fairy tale. C) Myth. D) Proverbs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legend. 11. Why did the king lock Perseus' mother, Danae, up in jail? A) She was too beautiful. B) Her child would be a girl. C) Her spouse had died. D) Her son was to kill the king. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Her son was to kill the king. 12. Set long ago. Passed down through generations. Many different types. A) Folklore. B) Myth. C) Fairytale. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folklore. 13. This type of story includes a moral lesson. A) Tall tale. B) Fable. C) Pourqoi. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 14. What type of folklore literature is Cinderella? A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Fairy Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fairy Tale. 15. A short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 16. Folk tale with supernatural beings such as fairies, dragons, ogres, etc. A) Origin Myth. B) Hero Myth. C) Fairy Tale. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy Tale. 17. Folktales were passed down and around to different countries by what two methods? A) Gossip and letters. B) Songs and music. C) Trade and immigration. D) Television and movies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade and immigration. 18. What is an exaggeration or an overstatement called. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 19. Which type of folklore? -explains why a natural occurrence happens-Many Native American tribes have these-Example:Why the Sun & Moon Live in the Sky, Bluebonnet A) Fable. B) Fairy tale. C) Legend. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legend. 20. Which of these is a creation myth? A) The Twelve Labors of Hercules. B) The Creation. C) Arachne. D) Cinderella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Creation. ← 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