This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk > Folk Literature – Quiz 14 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 14 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the moral or lesson in Brother Fox? A) Stay away from foxes. B) Don't let greed or ungratefulness make you do silly things. C) You can't trust people to help you when you are hungry. D) Village people are mean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't let greed or ungratefulness make you do silly things. 2. What is the academic word for "a great exaggeration" ? A) Symbolism. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperbole. 3. Tortoise and the Hare (lesson:slow and steady wins the race) A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 4. This type of story includes supernatural beings like gods and often tells of the origin of things. A) Tall tale. B) Legend. C) Myth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 5. Greek and Roman myths are known as ..... A) The OG myths. B) Original mythology. C) Classical mythology. D) Stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Classical mythology. 6. What is the unwritten literature (stories, tales, proverbs, riddles, and songs) as well as customs, dances, and other art forms of a culture. A) Folk tales. B) Folklore. C) Tall tales. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Folklore. 7. Which of the following characters would you find in a legend? A) Talking animals. B) Aliens. C) Historical people. D) Gods and goddesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historical people. 8. A myth can explain the origins or elements of ..... A) History. B) Nature. C) The world. D) People. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nature. 9. An example of a fable we read in class is ..... A) Demeter and Persephone. B) Duckbilled Platypus v. BeefSnakStik. C) The Voyage. D) Johnny Appleseed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Duckbilled Platypus v. BeefSnakStik. 10. Showing lots of energy in actions A) Energetic. B) Thoughtless. C) Anxious. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Energetic. 11. Which type of story? ..... " Echo was a beautiful nymph, fond of the woods and hills, where she devoted herself to woodland sports." A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Pourqoui. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 12. ..... are stories often based on real events but are embellished with fantastic elements and/or historical figures with superhuman aspects. They sometimes serve as morality lessons. A) Legend. B) Fable. C) Folktale. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legend. 13. Which character raced a machine through a mountain? A) John Henry. B) Paul Bunyan. C) Johnny Appleseed. D) Pecos Bill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Henry. 14. Set long ago. Tries to explain how our world works or why things happen. Sometimes super beings (gods/goddesses) are in charge. A) Legend. B) Myth. C) Fairytale. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 15. A ..... is a widely told story about a person in the past. A) Epic. B) Myth. C) Fable. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 16. Any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one considered to be false or based on superstition. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Folktale. 17. What causes the humor at the end of "The Other Frog Prince" ? A) When the frog turns into an ugly prince. B) When the frog says he was lying. C) The joke the princess plays on the frog. D) The jokes the princess tells the prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the frog says he was lying. 18. What does infer mean? A) Break it down. B) Annotate on text. C) Read between the lines. D) Summerize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read between the lines. 19. What type of story? ..... "Gratitude and greed go not together." A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Pourqoui. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 20. Legends involve characters that ..... A) Are human. B) Are gods. C) Are heroes. D) Are animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are human. ← 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