Quiz on Fables and Literary Analysis

Which way mainly does the author structure the excerpt?

• Each provide individual lessons about life

• All have animals who talk

• Problem and solution text structure

• They are stuctured in a way that creates mystery

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which word from this text from paragraph 1 provides the best meaning of lament? “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.”

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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”

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

What does the word fancy most closely mean as it is used in the story “The Miser” in this paragraph? 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.”

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

• He is talented.

• He is proud.

• He is lazy.

• He is angry.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

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

• drying grain

• earnestly begged

• passed the days

• inquired of him

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

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

• He is bored.

• He is deceptive.

• He is creative.

• He is trustworthy.

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who eats food that does not belong to him?

• Wolf

• Flies

• Ants

• Fox

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Who gets stuck in honey while eating?

• wolf

• fox

• ants

• flies

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Match the summariy to the correct fables:

• A character eats so much he becomes trapped

• The Hen and the Golden Eggs

• The Miser

• The Fox and the Woodcutter

• The Swollen Fox

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CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5