Traditional Literature Quiz 6 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Has good characters versus evil characters.

Correct Answer: A) Fairy Tales.

2. What are legends?

Correct Answer: A) Everyday people where animals can be characters and sometimes teaches you a lesson.

3. An example of a Legend is

Correct Answer: C) Johnny Appleseed.

4. What Fiction genre is passed down from generation to generation?

Correct Answer: A) Traditional Literature.

5. An example of fairy tale is:

Correct Answer: A) Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel.

6. There are ..... types of traditional literature.

Correct Answer: B) 5.

7. A ..... is a fictional story that stretches the truth (exaggeration); characters have super-human abilities.

Correct Answer: A) Tall tale.

8. "Trickster" tales usually feature what type of character?

Correct Answer: C) A character that outsmarts everyone.

9. Examples:Venus, Zeus, Thor, Persephone

Correct Answer: A) Myth.

10. Which genre usually has no known author and is passed down by word of mouth (oral tradition? )

Correct Answer: B) Tall tale.

11. A story that is very difficult to believe:a greatly exaggerated story

Correct Answer: C) Tall tale.

12. Examples:Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Jack and the Beanstalk

Correct Answer: C) Fairy Tale.

13. To think of or describe something as larger or greater than it really is

Correct Answer: C) Exaggerate.

14. The main character in a story involved in the main conflict.

Correct Answer: B) Protagonist.

15. What are the five elements found in a story?

Correct Answer: B) Plot, Setting, Character, Conflict, Theme.

16. What is the theme of this story?

Correct Answer: C) Respect your elders.

17. What category explains natural phenomena (nature)?

Correct Answer: A) Myth.

18. The series of events in a story is known as the .....

Correct Answer: C) Plot.

19. "Dreams really do come true" would most likely be a theme found in which of the following:

Correct Answer: B) Fairy tale.

20. How do you know that The Lion and the Mouse is a fable?

Correct Answer: C) It had a moral at the end.