YEAR 6 (THE POWER OF STORIES)

1. What was one of the main forms of storytelling before writing?

• a. Books
• b. Television
• c. Chants
• d. Movies

2. What did Aboriginal people of Australia use to share their stories?

• a. Books
• b. Long songs
• c. Poems
• d. Dance

3. What did the Aboriginal people's long songs describe?

• a. Natural features across the land
• b. Fictional characters
• c. Historical events
• d. Modern technologies

4. Why did people develop stories in the past?

• a. To entertain themselves with books
• b. To record stories on television
• c. To answer questions they didn't understand
• d. To communicate through dance

5. What is the term used to describe how stories were shared without writing?

• a. Written storytelling
• b. Verbal storytelling
• c. Visual storytelling
• d. Digital storytelling

6. Which ancient civilization is credited with the development of the first writing system called 'cuneiform'?

• a. Egypt
• b. China
• c. Mesopotamia
• d. Greece

7. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an example of what kind of literary work?

• a. Novel
• b. Short story
• c. Poem
• d. Play

8. What is The Mahabharata?

• a. A collection of stories from the Middle East and South Asia
• b. A long poem about an important person or hero
• c. A written record of oral tales
• d. The longest poem ever written

9. Which ancient collection of stories includes famous tales like Aladdin, Sinbad, and Ali Baba?

• a. The Epic of Gilgamesh
• b. The Thousand and One Nights
• c. The Mahabharata
• d. The Iliad

10. When did people start writing down stories from The Thousand and One Nights?

• a. 500 years ago
• b. 1,200 years ago
• c. 2,000 years ago
• d. 5,000 years ago