This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Traditional > Traditional Literature – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Traditional Literature Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In a piece of narrative text, what is theme? A) What the story is about. B) The topic of the text. C) A message the author is trying to get across to the reader. D) Where and when the story happens. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A message the author is trying to get across to the reader. 2. An example of a Tall Tale is A) Paul Bunyan. B) Cinderella. C) Johnny Appleseed. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paul Bunyan. 3. Set in a magical land; good and evil characters; ruled by royalty. A) Fairy tales. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fairy tales. 4. This is an example of what:Goldilocks and the Three Bears A) Folk Tale. B) Legend. C) Rule of Three. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rule of Three. 5. Some examples of traditional literature are: A) Teen fiction, young adult books, stories for children. B) Fairy tales, fables, myths, legends and tall tales. C) Action, comedy, documentary. D) Fiction, action, tall tales, teen fiction, fairy tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fairy tales, fables, myths, legends and tall tales. 6. Which story is an example of a Fairy Tale? A) There's a boy in the Girls bathroom. B) Paul Bunyan. C) The Grasshopper and the Ants. D) Cinderella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cinderella. 7. Each type of traditional literature has its own A) Characteristics. B) Titles. C) Levels. D) Genres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characteristics. 8. Teaches a lesson or moral A) Legend. B) Folk tale. C) Tall tale. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fable. 9. Name the type of sentence. I'm so tired I could sleep for a week! A) Simile. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 10. A short story that teaches a lesson and has characters that are animals that act like humans. A) Fairly tales. B) Folk tales. C) Fables. D) Folk tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fables. 11. Which is NOT an example of a traditional text? A) A Fable. B) A biography. C) A Legend. D) A Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A biography. 12. These stories are 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) Fable. B) Fairytale. C) Legend. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legend. 13. The four types of traditional literature we looked at so far include: A) Plot, rising action, climax, and resolution. B) Fairytales, fables, myths, and legends. C) Nouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions. D) Realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fairytales, fables, myths, and legends. 14. Fairy Tales are stories that A) Begin "Once upon a time " and have good vs. evil. B) Teach a lesson and usually have characters that don't usually talk. C) Have stories about a real person that is exaggerated. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begin "Once upon a time " and have good vs. evil. 15. Which genre is usually associated with children? A) Fables. B) Legends. C) Fairy tales. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy tales. 16. "The Grasshopper and the Ants" is an example of what traditional literature category? A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Fairy Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 17. This is a type of Riddle, Rhyme or Proverbs:Little Miss Muffet. A) Riddle. B) Rhyme. C) Biblical Story. D) Proverb. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 18. There were many reasons people made up these traditional stories. The three main reasons were to: A) Sing, communicate, play. B) Entertain, communicate, give meaning to things. C) Entertain. D) Communicate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entertain, communicate, give meaning to things. 19. Examples:Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tall Tale. 20. Stories that are passed down that explain things that occur in nature and often teach a lesson. A) Tall tale. B) Legends. C) Myth. D) Folk tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myth. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesTraditional Literature Quiz 1Traditional Literature Quiz 3Traditional Literature Quiz 4Traditional Literature Quiz 5Traditional Literature Quiz 6Traditional Literature Quiz 7Traditional Literature Quiz 8Traditional Literature Quiz 9Traditional Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books