This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Folk > Folk Literature – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Folk Literature Quiz 9 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Actual ceremonies experienced by the hero, making his/her passage into another state. WHAT TYPE OF ARCHETYPE? A) The Quest. B) The Journey. C) The Ritual. D) The Task. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Ritual. 2. All of the following are types of folktales EXCEPT A) Pourquoi stories. B) Trickster tales. C) Science fiction stories. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Science fiction stories. 3. Which is an example of a fable? A) The Tortoise and the Hare. B) Little Mermaid. C) King Arthur. D) Hercules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Tortoise and the Hare. 4. In this excerpt from Tom Sawyer, what is the author trying to imitate? "But of course you'd druther work-wouldn't you? " A) Conflict. B) Moral. C) Theme. D) Dialect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialect. 5. Which continent are Tall Tales (a type of folktale) from? A) Asia. B) North America. C) Europe. D) Australia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) North America. 6. What is the moral to "Daedalus and Icarus" ? A) Don't try for things. B) Never go above the clouds. C) Don't try to fly at all. D) Listen to your parents/guardians. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Listen to your parents/guardians. 7. "John Henry's hammer sang out." , is an example of A) Hyperbole. B) Dialect. C) Personification. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 8. What is the last item Jack caught in the sack? A) Turkeys. B) The President's daughter. C) The devils. D) Death. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Death. 9. He warned the town the the sky was falling. A) Chicken Little. B) Floppsy Loppsy. C) Big Pig. D) Loosey Goosey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chicken Little. 10. Which of these is a Fairy Tale? A) The Twelve Labors of Hercules. B) The Creation. C) Arachne. D) Cinderella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cinderella. 11. A lesson that teaches right and wrong. A) Moral. B) Infer. C) Myth. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moral. 12. Giving human characteristics to something non human A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. What was the "labyrinth" in Daedalus and Icarus? A) A dream-like world. B) A garden of beautiful flowers. C) A maze to trap people. D) The prison cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A maze to trap people. 14. Why was Athena angry at the progress she saw on Arachne's loom? A) The images were an insult to the god. B) It was evident that Arachne was beating Athena in the competition. C) She did not realize Arachne was so skilled. D) The colors used were Athena's least favorite colors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The images were an insult to the god. 15. Retelling the main points of a story in 3-5 sentences is known as ..... A) Summarizing. B) Retelling. C) Skimming. D) Analyzing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summarizing. 16. Which of the following is NOT true about dialect? A) It changes from region to region. B) It is simply how a person uses language and speaks. C) Something that all regions and cultures have. D) It is directly related to the intelligence of the person speaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is directly related to the intelligence of the person speaking. 17. A folktale that contains one or more of the following:royalty, magical objects or people, good vs. evil, a special number, talking animals and transformation. A) Fairy tale. B) Tall tale. C) Myth. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tale. 18. Which is the Latin root word meaning "little or small? " A) Cir. B) Min. C) Spect. D) Liber. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Min. 19. What symbol represents Pecos Bill? A) Lasso. B) Ax. C) Hammer. D) Pot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lasso. 20. Settings in folk literature include all of the following EXCEPT: A) Challenging or threatening landscapes. B) Severe, unexpected weather. C) A "normal" and modern world. D) Supernatural worlds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A "normal" and modern world. ← 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 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books