Traditional Literature Quiz 5 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which is an example of a myth?

Correct Answer: B) Hercules.

2. A moral is .....

Correct Answer: C) The lesson you learn.

3. People have told stories (folklore) since the beginning of .....

Correct Answer: B) Mankind.

4. Traditional Literature includes ALL of the following characteristics EXCEPT

Correct Answer: B) One, single identifiable author.

5. Which of one the following will 1st graders be learning about during this unit?

Correct Answer: A) Folktales.

6. Why did Daedalus have "misgivings" while watching Icarus fly?

Correct Answer: D) He thought that Icarus would be too bold and reckless.

7. What is traditional literature?

Correct Answer: C) Genre that started in the oral tradition, there is not known author.

8. Most books from the genre of traditional literature have the words ..... next to the author's name.

Correct Answer: C) Retold by.

9. Definition:Stories based on tradition to explain how the work and humankind came to be

Correct Answer: C) Myths.

10. What are fictional stories passed down from generation to generation and told by people from all cultures?

Correct Answer: A) Folk Tales.

11. What best describes the setting of a Tall Tale?

Correct Answer: D) Linked to an actual historical time period.

12. Which types of folktale have an explanation of how something came to be?

Correct Answer: B) Legend and Myth.

13. What is another name for the lesson or moral of a story?

Correct Answer: B) Theme.

14. Which is NOT an example of a Traditional Literature story?

Correct Answer: B) A Biography.

15. Has a castle and royalty likes queens, kings, princesses etc.

Correct Answer: A) Fairy Tales.

16. The broad idea/message that is found in different times, places, and cultures.

Correct Answer: D) Universal theme.

17. Myth, legends, fairy tales, and tall tales are all a common type of what category?

Correct Answer: B) Folktale.

18. Provides what the actors are to do and how the stage is to be set up.

Correct Answer: C) Stage Directions.

19. Fables are stories that

Correct Answer: B) Teach a lesson and usually have characters that don't usually talk.

20. Definition:Stories that are related as facts to explain historical events and describe historical figures from a specific time and place.

Correct Answer: C) Legends.