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History of Children's Literature

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This period promoted mass education.

a)

Classical World

b)

The Medieval World

c)

Renaissance World

d)

18th and early 19th Centuries

e)

The Victorians: Golden Age

2.

It created a mixture of realism and fantasy.

a)

Classical World

b)

The Medieval World

c)

Renaissance World

d)

18th and early 19th Centuries

e)

The Victorians: Golden Age

3.

It is the period of the revival of folktales.

a)

Classical World

b)

The Medieval World

c)

Renaissance World

d)

18th and early 19th Centuries

e)

The Victorians: Golden Age

4.

This period kept ancient stories alive.

a)

Classical World

b)

The Medieval World

c)

Renaissance World

d)

18th and early 19th Centuries

e)

The Victorians: Golden Age

5.

The rise of modern fantasy.

a)

20th Century

b)

The Medieval World

c)

Renaissance World

d)

18th and early 19th Centuries

e)

The Victorians: Golden Age

6.

The rise of a new realism.

a)

20th Century

b)

The Medieval World

c)

Renaissance World

d)

18th and early 19th Centuries

e)

The Victorians: Golden Age

7.

Orbis Sensualism Pictus is the first children’s story book.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

John Newbery is the "Father of Children's Literature."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

Chapbooks were so-called because they were sold by peddlers known as chapmen.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Who is the author of Peter Pan (1904)?

a)

Alan Alexander Milne

b)

Charles Perrault

c)

James Matthew Barrie

d)

Lewis Carroll

e)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

11.

Who is the author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)?

a)

Alan Alexander Milne

b)

Charles Perrault

c)

James Matthew Barrie

d)

Lewis Carroll

e)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry