This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk > Folk Literature – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 15 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Fables, myths and legends were originally part of ..... tradition. A) Historical. B) Oral. C) Verbal. D) World. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Oral. 2. In Canada, he is known as a Sasquatch. Name this hairy creature known in some cultures as a Yeti. A) Bigfoot. B) Loch Ness Monster. C) Chupacabra. D) Goat Man. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bigfoot. 3. A story from the past involving gods or heroes. These stories often explain beliefs, customs, or mysterious natural phenomena or identify acceptable and unacceptable behavior. A) Legends. B) Tall Tales. C) Myths. D) Folk Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myths. 4. Many things that happen in these tales are fantasy and cannot happen in real life. A) Fairy tales. B) Nonfiction. C) Legends. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tales. 5. Make flowers first, before you eat them. (First make a flower, then eat it. ) A) Bitter melon. B) Cashew. C) Banana. D) Apple. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banana. 6. What was softening the wax on Icarus's wings? A) The sun's heat. B) The wind. C) The ocean water. D) The clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sun's heat. 7. Hercules, Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Aphrodieti, Ares, are all examples of; A) Fable. B) Myth. C) Legend. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myth. 8. Aesop is known for writing which type of folklore? A) Legends. B) Myths. C) Fairytales. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fables. 9. What is a Legend A) A Historical story based on a persons life. B) Fairytales. C) History. D) Tall Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Historical story based on a persons life. 10. Hercules is an example of a ..... A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Epic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 11. Which type features a moral or lesson at the end? A) Tales. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 12. Because the folk tales originated out of the oral tradition, most of the authors are A) Well-known. B) Rich. C) Unknown. D) Old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Well-known. 13. How many seeds did Persephone eat? A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 14. Which is a Folktale A) Storys. B) Myths. C) Text Structures. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Myths. 15. Why does Athena disguise herself as an old woman? A) To take Arachne by surprise. B) To get respect from Arachne. C) To show Arachne she was better. D) To make Arachne feel sorry for her. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To take Arachne by surprise. 16. Some stories are told to teach you a lesson about life. What is that lesson known as? A) Theme. B) Conflict. C) Moral. D) Understatement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Moral. 17. On the first day of school Sam wore a rainbow colored dress, striped pants, and polka dot shoes. Students told her she looked silly and weird. She cried.Same is ..... A) Mature. B) Sensitive. C) Dependable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sensitive. 18. The overall purpose of myths are to ..... A) Instill a moral. B) Explain a natural phenomena or event. C) Explain a belief. D) All answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All answers are correct. 19. Why does Athena become angry at Arachne at the beginning of the story? A) Arachne does not like Athena's weaving. B) Athena does not like the way Arachne brags. C) Athena does not like humans who weave well. D) Athena does not like the challenge Arachne has given her. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Athena does not like the way Arachne brags. 20. Which of these is a proverb? A) Arachne. B) The affair of the Horns. C) The man with a miserable life is never tired of it. D) Why monkeys live in trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The man with a miserable life is never tired of it. ← 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