Aesop's Fables Quiz

Which way mainly does the author structure the excerpt?

• With a group of stories that provide similar lessons about life

• With several stories that each provide individual lessons about life

• With multiple stories that each challenge a conclusion in the previous story

• With a series of stories that include the same characters on different adventures

What is most closely the meaning of lament as it is used in the passage below (paragraph 1)?

“When he finished, he was so full that he was not able to get out, and began to groan and lament his fate. Another Fox passing by heard his cries, and coming up, inquired the cause of his complaining.”

• adjective | full or satisfied

• noun | fate or destiny

• verb | to mourn or grieve

• verb | to cause something to happen

Which two fables provide a moral that is most similar to each other?

• “The Flies and the Honey-Pot” & “The Miser”

• “The Miser” & “The Ants and the Grasshopper”

• “The Swollen Fox” & “The Flies and the Honey-Pot”

• “The Ants and the Grasshopper” & “The Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing”

What does the word service most closely mean as it is used in the story “The Miser” in paragraph 4?

A MISER sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the ground by the side of an old wall and went to look at daily. One of his workmen observed his frequent visits to the spot and decided to watch his movements. He soon discovered the secret of the hidden treasure, and digging down, came to the lump of gold, and stole it. The Miser, on his next visit, found the hole empty and began to tear his hair and to make loud lamentations. A neighbor, seeing him overcome with grief and learning the cause, said, “Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.”

• noun | the action of helping or doing something good for someone

• noun | a ceremony of religious worship

• noun | regular work done to maintain a certain condition (for a vehicle or machine)

• noun | the process of providing food and drinks to customers

Which inference can be most likely made about the Grasshopper in “The Ants and the Grasshopper”?

• He is talented.

• He is angry.

• He is proud.

• He is lazy.

Which phrase from paragraph 6 most closely supports the answer to Question 5?

• “drying grain”

• “earnestly begged”

• “inquired of him”

• “‘passed the days’”

Which inference can be best made about the Woodcutter in the story “The Fox and the Woodcutter”?

• He is deceptive.

• He is creative.

• He is trustworthy.

• He is bored.

Which phrase from paragraph 5 of the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

• “…advised him to take shelter…”

• “…declared he had not seen him, and yet pointed…”

• “…believing his word, hastened forward…”

• “…he called to him and reproached him…”

theme

• the main idea of the story

• what the whole story is about

• the characters in the selection

• the message or lesson

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2

a traditional tale where the characters are often animals that act like humans

• informational selection

• biography

• autobiography

• fable

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.2