This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Traditional > Traditional Literature – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Traditional Literature Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Daedalus was BEST known as: A) A builder. B) A builder AND an ingenious artist. C) Defying the Gods. D) King Minos's advisor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A builder AND an ingenious artist. 2. Sometimes a legend explains how something came to be, like ..... A) The hare and the tortoise. B) The poinsettia or the bluebonnet. C) The lion and the mouse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The poinsettia or the bluebonnet. 3. A person in a story who has a strong effect on the plot: A) Antagonist. B) Minor character. C) Character traits. D) Protagonist (main character). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protagonist (main character). 4. Who tells Taroo not to wait for Alida any longer? A) Sun. B) Moon. C) Stars. D) Meteor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Moon. 5. What is another name for the lesson of a story? A) Opinion. B) Theme. C) Joke. D) Feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Theme. 6. Definition:Originated from American folk stories with unbelievable elements told as if they were true. A) Fables. B) Tall Tales. C) Fairytales. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tall Tales. 7. This type of conflict is a struggle within a character's mind. It may occur when a character faces a difficult decision or conflicting feelings. A) Character vs. character. B) Internal conflict. C) Character vs. nature. D) Character vs. society. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Internal conflict. 8. Legends are stories that A) Begin "Once upon a time " and have good vs. evil. B) Help to explain things in nature or science that people don't understand. C) Have stories about a real person that is exaggerated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Have stories about a real person that is exaggerated. 9. Which characteristic of Traditional Literature is represented by the ring finger? (next to the pinky) A) Teaches a moral or lesson. B) Magic or unrealistic events. C) Flat characters. D) No one single author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Teaches a moral or lesson. 10. Which genre is told to make the narrator seem as if he / she were part of the story? A) Myths. B) Fairy Tales. C) Folk Tales. D) Tall Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Folk Tales. 11. A short saying intended to give advice or presented as a universal truth is called A) Fable. B) Proverb. C) Myth. D) Riddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Proverb. 12. Tall Tales are stories that A) Teach about the culture. B) Have stories about American history but are REALLY over exaggerated. C) Have stories about a real person that is exaggerated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Have stories about American history but are REALLY over exaggerated. 13. A fictional, faraway place in a nonspecific time period in the past. A) Fairy Tale. B) Fable. C) Tall Tale. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy Tale. 14. Definition:Similar to folktales, they have roots in the oral tradition; they also include magical elements. (ex:witches, dragons, magic spells, trolls) A) Tall Tales. B) Legends. C) Myths. D) Fairytales. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fairytales. 15. Deals with real people, places, and events A) Biography. B) Autobiography. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonfiction. 16. Daedalus made wings for himself and his son in order to ..... A) Teach his son to fly. B) Be more like the gods. C) Escape from the island of Crete. D) Show that he was an ingenious artist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Escape from the island of Crete. 17. The story of a person's life told by the same person A) Literary nonfiction. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) Formal essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 18. Examples of this type of Trad. Lit are:Cinderella, Snow White, Little Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy tale. 19. Examples of this type of Trad. Literature are:The Lion and the Mouse, Fox and the Crow, The Boy Who Cried Wolf. A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Fairy tale. D) Legend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fable. 20. "The Grasshopper and the Ants" is an example of what Traditional Literature story? A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Fairy Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. ← 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