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Myths and Legends - an introduction

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are examples of 'oral traditions'?

a)

Jack and the Beanstalk

b)

Sleeping Beauty

c)

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

d)

Indigenous Australian stories

2.

What often begins with, 'Once upon a time...'

a)

Myths

b)

Folktales

c)

Legends

d)

Urban Legends

3.

Animals are often the main characters in these stories

a)

Myths

b)

Legends

c)

Fables

d)

Folktales

4.

These stories are historical but not often factual.

a)

Legends

b)

Fables

c)

Myths

d)

Folktales

5.

I know someone who...

a)

This is often the beginning of a urban legend

b)

This is often the beginning of a legend

c)

This is often the beginning of a myth

6.

Stories of Gods and Goddesses

a)

a legend

b)

a fable

c)

a folktale

d)

a myth

7.

Robin Hood is a

a)

myth

b)

legend

c)

fable

8.

The Tortoise and the Hare was written by

a)

Aesop

b)

Aseoppp

c)

Hans Christian Anderson

d)

Brothers Grimm

9.

Brothers Grimm are known for writing

a)

Folktales

b)

Fables

c)

Myths

d)

Legends

10.

Stories have the ability to shape the way we see and understand the world.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

I don't know

d)

Maybe