This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Traditional > Traditional Literature – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Traditional Literature Quiz 7 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of Folktales have gods and goddesses? A) Myths. B) Fairy Tales. C) Tall Tales. D) Legends. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Myths. 2. Definition:Stories passed down orally from one generation to the next by different cultural groups. A) Folktales. B) Myths. C) Legends. D) Traditional Literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folktales. 3. Examples of this type of traditional literature are:Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Johnny Appleseed. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fairy tale. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 4. Which type of Traditional Literature tries to explain the beginnings of the world, nature, or natural phenomena? A) Fables. B) Traditional Literature. C) Folktales. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myths. 5. What is the moral of Arachne? A) Don't be greedy. B) Always tell the truth. C) Never think you are better than everyone else. D) Be kind to others. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Never think you are better than everyone else. 6. Legends are found in all cultures and passed on through oral storytelling. A) True. B) False. C) I am looking forward to school next year!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Traditional Literature's main purposes were to ..... A) Entertain and persuade audiences. B) Entertain and teach lessons to younger generations. C) Give opinions and express strong beliefs. D) Express a culture and persuade the audience to behave a certain way. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entertain and teach lessons to younger generations. 8. This type of story often develops from a real historical person or event, but takes on fictional elements and is exaggerated as it gets passed along? A) Myth. B) Fable. C) Legend. D) Fairy tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Legend. 9. Examples:Robin Hood, King Arthur, John Henry A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Tall Tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 10. The reader can conclude that Marmoset- A) Thinks family is more important than friends. B) Feels sorry for Spider Monkey. C) Wants Spider Monkey to help him find more food. D) Wishes he could spend more time playing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thinks family is more important than friends. 11. Statement that is very exaggerated A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hyperbole. 12. What are the 4 story elements of folktales? A) Characters, setting, castle, solution. B) Character, magic, problem, solution. C) Characters, setting, problem, solution. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters, setting, problem, solution. 13. What is one characteristic of a myth? A) Features Gods and Goddesses. B) Good and Evil Characters. C) Talking Animals. D) Funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Features Gods and Goddesses. 14. What type of literature attempts to explain questions about the world and mysterious natural forces, or what gods and goddesses have done? A) Legends. B) Fairy tales. C) Myths. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Myths. 15. Which type of traditional literature is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters and enchantments? A) Legends. B) Tall Tales. C) Fairy Tales. D) Myths. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy Tales. 16. Myths usually contain A) Volcanoes and earthquakes. B) Castles and forests. C) Heroes or godly characters. D) Talking animals and a lesson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heroes or godly characters. 17. Which characteristic does the pinky finger represent on the Traditional Literature (hand)? A) Timeless setting. B) Flat characters (always good or always bad). C) Teaches a moral or lesson. D) Told by word of mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Timeless setting. 18. A story handed down from a long time ago and about real people or events. A) Legends. B) Fables. C) Tall tales. D) Fairly tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Legends. 19. Daedalus first knew that his fears had come true when ..... A) He saw feathers floating from the sky. B) He heard Icarus cry out to him. C) He felt the heat of the sun. D) He saw his son plunge into the sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He saw feathers floating from the sky. 20. What is a story from the past about a historical person who has been exaggerated and changed? These stories can also be about an animal that may or may not be real. A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Fairy tale. 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