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Folktales Quiz

Authored by Karen Compere

English

9th Grade

CCSS covered

Folktales Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What term is used for a sacred narrative set in the primordial past?

Etiological tale

Fairytale

Legend

Myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is a short folktale with a clearly stated moral known as?

Etiological tale

Fairytale

Legend

Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

Which term describes a story that attempts to explain why things are the way they are?

Etiological tale

Fairytale

Legend

Myth

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is the term for a story that is usually set in reality and features well-rounded characters?

Etiological tale

Fairytale

Legend

Fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What term refers to when an author creates a story by altering an existing folktale?

Oral Narrative

Polygenesis

Monogenesis

Fracture

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What is the term for a folktale that originates in one cultural region and spreads over time?

Oral Narrative

Polygenesis

Monogenesis

Fracture

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 2 pts

What term is used when a folktale originates in many cultural regions?

Oral Narrative

Polygenesis

Monogenesis

Fracture

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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