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Fables folktales and fairytales

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is most famous for writing fables?

a)

Hans Christian Andersen

b)

Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

c)

Aesop

d)

John Henry

2.

Who is most famous for writing fairytales?

a)

John Henry

b)

Hans Christian Andersen

c)

Aesop

3.

Which one is a fable

a)

Paul Bunyan

b)

King Arthur

c)

Tortoise and the Hare

d)

Midas touch

4.

Fairytales usually end with

a)

They lived happily ever after

b)

They all had fun and went home

c)

finished

d)

done

5.

How do fairy tales usually begin?

a)

Once upon a time

b)

In a land far away

c)

long ago

d)

There once was a

6.

Fairytales usually involve

a)

food

b)

royalty

c)

animals

d)

1 character

7.

folktales usually teach

a)

a lesson

b)

facts

8.

Paul Bunyan is a story about a giant lumberjack; his story told through oral tradition in US

a)

myth

b)

legend

c)

fable

d)

folktale

9.

Greek god Poseidon who controls the world's oceans with his powerful trident

a)

myth

b)

legend

c)

fable

d)

folktale

10.

What is a FAIRY TALE?

a)

A short story about magical and imaginary beings and places

b)

A story originating in popular culture, usually passed by word of mouth

11.

Which type of story has animals as the main characters?

a)

Fairytale

b)

Fable

c)

Folktale

12.

Which type of story is passed down from generation to generation?

a)

Fairytale

b)

Fable

c)

Folktale

13.

Which type of story involves magic?

a)

Fairytale

b)

Fable

c)

Folktale

14.

A life lesson learned from a story

a)

setting

b)

plot

c)

moral

d)

character

15.

Fabels_____

a)

teach us a lesson

b)

Teach us that animals are bad

c)

tell us how to be good students

d)

show us how to do something