This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Traditional > Traditional Literature – Quiz 10 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Traditional Literature Quiz 10 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What was the setting of Cinderella? A) Her house. B) The store. C) A dream. D) The Fairy Godmother's house. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Her house. 2. A story from the past that is believed by many people and passed down orally through a culture, but cannot be proven to be true A) Legend. B) Mythology. C) Folk tale. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legend. 3. Which of the following themes would be considered "universal" and would most likely appear in traditional literature? A) Evil overcoming good. B) Alien Existence. C) Talking animals. D) Good overcoming evil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Good overcoming evil. 4. A short composition that is more casual in tone andcovers the writer's personal feelings about the topic A) Informal essay. B) Formal essay. C) Informative nonfiction. D) Literary nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informal essay. 5. Which genre usually features gods and goddesses? A) Folk tale. B) Tall tale. C) Myth. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. 6. Examples:Midas's Touch, Venus, Zeus, Thor, Apollo, Romulus and Remus A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 7. Humorous story about events and characters that are exaggerated. "Larger than life" characters. A) Fairy tales. B) Myths. C) Fable. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall tale. 8. This is type of story comes from the religious traditions of what is known as "Western Civilization" . A) Tall Tale. B) Fairy Tale. C) Fable. D) Biblical Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Biblical Story. 9. A ..... explains a mystery or how something came to be. A) Tall tale. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legend. 10. Texts that provide factual information examples are science and history books, encyclopedias, dictionaries, and periodicals A) Informative nonfiction. B) Literary nonfiction. C) Essay. D) Formal essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Informative nonfiction. 11. A retelling of the most important parts of what was read. A) Summary. B) Fable. C) Folktale. D) Compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summary. 12. What is the moral of The Crow and The Pitcher? A) Always drink water. B) Little by little does the trick. C) Crows are not creative. D) Always use rocks to get your water out of a pitcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Little by little does the trick. 13. This is a short folktale that often involves personified animals and teaches a lesson or moral. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 14. What is a short story that teaches a moral lesson, often with animals as characters? A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 15. What is the genre of Folk Tales? A) Realistic Fiction. B) Traditional Literature. C) Fantasy. D) Historical Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Traditional Literature. 16. The author includes this sentence to- A) Explain why Spider Monkey needed more fruit. B) Tell why Spider Monkey likes to eat a lot. C) Show the importance of the trees. D) Describe how much fruit trees can make. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Show the importance of the trees. 17. Traditional Literature is usually ..... A) Written down. B) Has characters that change. C) Passed down by word of mouth. D) Set in a specific time and place. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Passed down by word of mouth. 18. When Daedalus arrived safely in Sicily he ..... A) Buried his son. B) Built a temple. C) Made another pair of wings. D) Rejoiced in his escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built a temple. 19. This is type of story explains something about the world such as mysterious natural forces, how things came to be, or what gods and goddesses have done. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myth. 20. What are legends based on? A) Superheroes. B) Science and technology. C) Famous or historically significant people, places, or things. D) Gods and goddesses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Famous or historically significant people, places, or things. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesTraditional Literature Quiz 1Traditional Literature Quiz 2Traditional Literature Quiz 3Traditional Literature Quiz 4Traditional Literature Quiz 5Traditional Literature Quiz 6Traditional Literature Quiz 7Traditional Literature Quiz 8Traditional Literature Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books