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Folktale & Epic Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A brief fanciful story that presents a moral to teach about life is called what?
a)
Fairy Tale
b)
Epic
c)
Fable
2.
The sixth-century slave who is thought to be the originator of the fable form.
a)
Aesop
b)
Homer
c)
Ovid
3.
Roman myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses
a)
Pyramus and Thisbe
b)
Tortoise and the Hare
c)
Pandora
d)
The Lion Makers
e)
The Pumpkin Seeds
4.
"Slow and steady wins the race"
a)
Tortoise and the Hare
b)
Pandora
c)
Pyramus and Thisbe
d)
The Lion Makers
e)
The Pumpkin Seeds
5.
The negative consequences of a lack of forethought
a)
Pandora
b)
Tortoise and the Hare
c)
Pyramus and Thisbe
d)
The Lion Makers
e)
The Pumpkin Seeds
6.
Korean folktale/fairy tale about greed
a)
The Pumpkin Seeds
b)
Tortoise and the Hare
c)
Pandora
d)
Pyramus and Thisbe
e)
The Lion Makers
7.
Prestige
a)
The Tortoise and the Osprey
b)
Tortoise and the Hare
c)
Pandora
d)
Pyramus and Thisbe
e)
The Lion Makers
8.
Gumption
a)
The Lion Makers
b)
Tortoise and the Hare
c)
Pandora
d)
Pyramus and Thisbe
e)
The Pumpkin Seeds
9.
The Panchantantra is an example of an epic
a)
True
b)
False
10.
In literature an archetype is a recurring character type or plot pattern.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
A brief fanciful story that presents a moral to teach about life is called what?
a)
Fairy Tale
b)
Epic
c)
Fable
12.
The sixth-century slave who is thought to be the originator of the fable form.
a)
Aesop
b)
Homer
c)
Ovid
13.

What is one of the themes of the Iliad? Think about our British Friend.

a)

Glory vs the tragedy of war

b)

Love of family

c)

Friendship

d)

Heroism

14.
Roman myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses
a)
Pyramus and Thisbe
b)
Tortoise and the Hare
c)
Pandora
d)
The Lion Makers
e)
The Pumpkin Seeds
15.
In literature an archetype is a recurring character type or plot pattern.
a)
True
b)
False
16.

One convention of form of an epic is the invocation of a muse.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

One convention of content of an epic is a small, warm and inviting setting.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Translated to "the middle of the action"; used to inform the audience of events that took place before the current time.

a)

carpe dium

b)

veni vidi vici

c)

mazel tov

d)

in medias res

19.

Extended, elaborate comparisons are called _____________.

a)

epic similes

b)

metaphors

c)

figurative language

d)

hyperboles

20.

Achilles, Agamemnon, Ajax

a)

Greeks

b)

Trojans

c)

Gods/Goddesses

21.

Who is Hector?

a)

The greatest of all Trojan warriors

b)

The greatest of all Macedonian warriors

c)

The greatest of all Greek warriors

d)

The greatest of all Persian warriors

22.

Who is the author of The Iliad?

a)

Marge

b)

Bart

c)

Homer

d)

Lisa

23.

Priam is

a)

the ruler of Greece

b)

the ruler of Troy

c)

the ruler of Sparta

24.

Patroclus was killed by

a)

Paris

b)

Priam

c)

Agamemnon

d)

Hector

25.

Hector requests

a)

that Achilles give his body back

b)

that Achilles back down from their fight

c)

that Achilles calls his army off the Trojans

d)

that Achilles forgive him

26.

Where did Pyramus and Thisbe agree to meet?

a)

In their families garden

b)

At a mulberry tree near the tomb of Ninus

c)

Near rocks in the garden

d)

By the gate to a garden

27.

What crossed Thisbe's path while she waited for Pyramus?

a)

a bear

b)

her family

c)

a lioness

d)

Pyramus' family

28.

What is the origin of the tale "Pyramus and Thisbe"

a)

Greek/Roman

b)

Africa

c)

Shakespearean

d)

Native American

29.

The setting for "A Visit of Charity" is

a)

a mental institution.

b)

a home for old ladies in the American South.

c)

a nursing home in Augusta, Georgia.

30.

"A Visit of Charity" was written by

a)

Maxine Kumin.

b)

Eudora Welty.

c)

Sir Authur Conan Doyle.

31.

The best theme for the story is

a)

self-centeredness in children and the elderly.

b)

true charity prevents isolation and loneliness.

c)

dementia in old age.

32.

The apple that Marian hid in the holly bushes outside the old ladies' home suggests

a)

the innocence of a child.

b)

Marian's selfishness.

c)

a Biblical allusion.

33.

The internal conflict in the story is

a)

Marian and her response to the behavior of the two old ladies.

b)

Marian's dread of visiting the elderly women.

c)

Addie's desire to forget her birthday.