This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk > Folk Literature – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 13 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the use of an object, person, situation or word to represent something else? (ex. a dove for peace) A) Hyperbole. B) Symbolism. C) Metaphor. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Symbolism. 2. What is the moral to "Demeter and Persephone" ? A) Listen to your mother. B) Good will always come back. C) Always look for the bad in others. D) Don't walk away when your mother is talking to you. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good will always come back. 3. This type of story includes supernatural beings like gods and wood nymphs and often tells of the origin of things. A) Tall tale. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Pourqoi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 4. This is the god of love. His mother is the goddess of love. He puts the arrow into Hades to make him fall in love. A) Hades. B) Poseidon. C) Cupid. D) Zeus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cupid. 5. The message or lesson the author wants you to know from the story A) Moral. B) Legend. C) Compare. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moral. 6. Which is the Latin root word meaning "free? " A) Liber. B) Spect. C) Min. D) Cir. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Liber. 7. What is the time and place of a story? A) Character. B) Plot. C) Problem. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 8. The central message or insight about life is called: A) Theme. B) Infer. C) Moral. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 9. Characters tend to be brave heroes/heroines, animals with human traits, have extreme talents or magical powers, and ..... A) Are nice. B) Are tricksters. C) Are old and wise. D) Are average, everyday kids. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are tricksters. 10. Stories that contain god and goddesses are ..... A) Tall Tales. B) Fables. C) Folktales. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myths. 11. A story about a mouse who conveniences a lion to let him go and then helps the lion out of a trap is an example of a? A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) Folk Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fable. 12. What was the meaning/moral of the story Icarus and Daedalus? A) Listen to your elders. B) Never fly too close to the sun. C) Don't fly in DIY wings. D) Know how to fly without wings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listen to your elders. 13. What is the term for a lesson learned from a fable? A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Moral. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral. 14. Which type of story? ..... "Prometheus raided the workshop of Hephaistos and Athena on Mount Olympus and stole fire; he then gave it to mankind." A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Folktale. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 15. Which one is NOT Folk Literature A) Myths. B) Fables. C) Folk Tales. D) Articles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Articles. 16. Tom Davenport's Ashpet is an example of what type of story? A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Fairy Tale. D) Folk Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy Tale. 17. The story "The Princess and the Pea" is a ..... A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Fairytale. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairytale. 18. ..... is the passing down of stories by word of mouth. A) Classical mythology. B) Story telling. C) Gods or heroes. D) Oral tradition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Oral tradition. 19. Which type of folklore? -short tale-characters are animals or non-living objects-teaches a lesson (moral)-moral of a story is usually found at the endExample:The Tortoise and the Hare A) Fairy tale. B) Fable. C) Myth. D) Tall Tal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 20. The unique traditions or ways of life of a particular group. A) Irony. B) Oral Tradition. C) Local Customs. D) Universal Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Local Customs. ← 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