WorksheetsFiction Genres Quiz
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which describes the length of a fable?
a)
Fables are chapter books
b)
Fables are short stories
c)
Fables have 1-2 sentences only
d)
Fables are pictures
2.
What is a moral?
a)
a fact
b)
an opinion
c)
a lesson
d)
a direction
3.
Normally fables have _______ as characters?
a)
children
b)
bugs
c)
animals
d)
teachers
4.
Fables ____________.
a)
teach us a lesson
b)
are non-fiction stories
c)
tell us how to be good students
d)
show us how to draw
5.
What kind of story is a fable?
a)
fiction
b)
non-fiction
6.
What is a myth?
a)
A Nonfiction story that shares facts and takes place in the present
b)
A fictional story that takes place in the past and includes Gods, Goddesses and magical creatures
c)
A story about Mrs. Pereira, Mrs. Zeiders, and Ms. Heisler going on a vacation.
7.
What is a theme?
a)
The overall theme of the story
b)
The overall story of the story
c)
The overall lesson of the story
d)
the overall moral of the story
8.
Are Myths fiction or nonfiction?
a)
Fiction
b)
Nonfiction
9.
True or False: Myths come from different cultures
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Define Phenomenon
a)
Something that is able to be explained
b)
How something was created
c)
something that happens that cannot be explained
d)
Don't pick this answer
11.
What types of questions are addressed by myths?
a)
What is the meaning of life?
b)
What gods and heroes do
c)
Origins of nature
d)
Long journeys
12.
A funny story where characters and events are exaggerated
a)
Tall Tale
b)
Folk Tale
c)
Myth
d)
Fairy Tale
13.
A type of folk take that often includes magic, fairies, dragons, and a happy ending
a)
Fairy Tale
b)
Myth
c)
Poetry
d)
Fable
14.
A story that has been handed down by a people form any years and that often has some basis of fact.
a)
Science Fiction
b)
Legend
c)
Informational
d)
Fairy Tales
15.
Pandora was the first woman on Earth. Hephaestus created her, using water and earth. Pandora was given a beautiful container – with instructions not to open it under any circumstance. Pandora was curious so she opened it, and all evil contained therein escaped and spread over the earth. She hastened to close the container, but the whole contents had escaped, except for one thing that lay at the bottom – Hope. Zeus did not punish Pandora, because he knew this would happen.
a)
myth
b)
historical fiction
c)
fantasy
d)
sci-fi
16.
A mouse is almost eaten by a lion, but he begs for his life. Being entertained, the lion lets him live. Later, the lion is caught by a hunter in a trap. The mouse hears the lions cries and chews through the ropes of the trap. The moral is that one good turn deserves another or “what goes around comes around.”
a)
fantasy
b)
fairy tale
c)
fable
d)
functional t
17.
Thumbelina is a tiny girl who emerges from a flower. She is captured by a toad, a beetle and then a mouse, who all want to marry her. She successfully avoids their intentions before falling in love with a flower-fairy prince just her size. She receives a pair of wings to accompany her husband on his travels from flower to flower.
a)
realistic fiction
b)
fairy tale
c)
myth
d)
fable
18.
Joe Magarac was a sort of patron saint for steel workers. Joe was physically made of steel, after being born inside an ore mountain, to help steelworkers. He would appear out of nowhere at critical moments to protect the steel workers. One story goes that he showed up to stop the falling of a 50-ton crucible, set to fall on a group of steelworkers.
a)
tall tale
b)
myth
c)
historical fiction
d)
sci-fi
19.
The four types of traditional literature we studied include:
a)
plot, rising action, climax, and resolution
b)
fairytales, fables, myths, and legends
c)
nouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions
d)
realistic fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction
20.
King Arthur is an example of a __________
a)
myth
b)
fable
c)
epic
d)
legend
21.
Braveheart is based on a historical figure with exaggeration, which is an example of what type of folklore...
a)
Tall Tale
b)
Legend
c)
Fable
d)
Fairy Tale
22.
A story that involves fantasy elements such as witches, goblins, and elves. These stories often involve a prince and/or princess, this is a...
a)
Fable
b)
Folk Tale
c)
Legend
d)
Fairy Tale
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