This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Traditional > Traditional Literature – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Traditional Literature Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A story from the past about a historical person who has been exaggerated and changed A) Myth. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Folktale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 2. A genre of reading that contains myths, legends, tall tales, fairy tales, folktales, and fables is called ..... A) Traditional literature. B) Fiction. C) Fantasy. D) Literary nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional literature. 3. Which genre includes elements of plot, is based on facts, but has imaginative details? A) Fable. B) Legend. C) Fairy tale. D) Tall tale. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Legend. 4. The following passage is an example of ..... point of view:"You walked into the room. You saw Sheila sitting there." A) First-person. B) Third-person limited. C) Second-peron. D) Third-person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Second-peron. 5. Definition:Similar to folktales, but the characters are animals, and there is a moral or lesson. A) Fables. B) Myth. C) Fairytales. D) Tall Tales. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fables. 6. A myth might explain ..... A) Why there are four seasons. B) How bear lost its tail. C) The wind wrapped in paper. D) The answer to your quiz questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Why there are four seasons. 7. What is made up of fictional stories told by people from all cultures? A) Folk Tale. B) Fairy Tale. C) Myths. D) Fables. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Folk Tale. 8. People have been telling stories for how long? A) The last 100 years. B) For at least 500 years. C) Since the first man. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Since the first man. 9. Text written like fiction, but the people, places, andevents involved remain factual A) Formal essay. B) Informal essay. C) Informative nonfiction. D) Literary nonfiction Show answers Explanation PreviousNext. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Informative nonfiction. 10. A story that starts with " ..... Once upon a time ..... " and ends with " ..... they lived happily ever after ..... " is a ..... A) Fable. B) Folk Tale. C) Fairy Tale. D) All of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fairy Tale. 11. The words spoken between characters in a play A) Character tag. B) Dialogue. C) Scene. D) Acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dialogue. 12. A ..... teaches a lesson or moral and has animals that act like people. A) Tall tale. B) Legend. C) Fable. D) Myth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fable. 13. What is the name of the man most famous for creating fables? A) Allen. B) Aesop. C) Atwood. D) Cynthia Rylant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aesop. 14. A main character who is called on to complete some kind of heroic mission is ..... A) Special Character Types. B) Good vs. Evil. C) Hero's journey or quest. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hero's journey or quest. 15. A genre of reading that contains myths, legends, tall tales, fairy tales, and fables A) Traditional literature. B) Fiction. C) Genre. D) Literary nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Traditional literature. 16. Which three types of traditional literature will we be learning about this year in fourth grade? A) Nursery rhymes, fables, tall tales. B) Folktales, fairy tales, legends. C) Fables, legends, myths. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fables, legends, myths. 17. How do you know The Flight of Icarus is a myth? A) The king imprisoned them. B) It contains magic. C) The sun is represented as evil. D) It explains a historical event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It contains magic. 18. The BEST theme for the story "The Flight of Icarus" is ..... A) Don't fly too close to the sun. B) Icarus should have listened to his father. C) Overconfidence can be your downfall. D) No matter what anyone says, you should always try to do new things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Overconfidence can be your downfall. 19. What is the main purpose of a fable? A) To inform. B) To teach a lesson. C) To learn about animals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To teach a lesson. 20. What is a Tall Tale? A) Widely told story about the present. B) Long, epic poem. C) Based on the life of an everyday person but exaggerated. D) Short, narrative poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Based on the life of an everyday person but exaggerated. ← 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 9Traditional Literature Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books