FOLKTALES - UNIT TEST

A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral or a lesson is a:

• Tall Tale

• Myth

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

A _________________ contains characters whose physical traits and abilities are highly exaggerated.

• tall tale

• myth

• fable

• fairy tale

A story that usually has kings, queens, princesses, and princes as characters is called:

• Fairy Tale

• Myth

• Legend

• Fable

Myths usually contain:

• real people

• gods and goddesses

A __________________ is usually based on a real person, but the story was embellished as it was handed down from generation to generation.

• Myth

• Legend

• Tall Tale

• Fairy Tale

A fable:

• teaches a moral (lesson)

• contains personified animals

• has a variety of settings

• all of the above

A fairy tale may be set:

• in a kingdom

• in a castle

• in a forest

• all of the above

A ___________________ is a made-up story of everyday people with superhuman (greatly exaggerated) abilities.

• Fairy Tale

• Fable

• Tall Tale

• None of the above

Myths and _________________ may try to explain how something in nature came to be.

• Fables

• Fairy Tales

• Legends

• None of the above

___________________ are linked to a real historical time period.

• Myths

• Tall Tales

• Fables

• Fairy Tales