Children's Literature Trivia Quiz
10 multiple choice questions.
- 1.
What is Children's Literature?- A.
Books written by award winning authors
- B.
Books written for children meeting high literary standards
- C.
Books with lots of pictures.
- 2.How many categories can children's books fall into?
- A.
One .
- B.
Three. Early, Young, and Advanced
- C.
Two, Textbook and Trade book.
- 3.Who was the first printer of books?
- A.
John Amos Comenius, 1657
- B.
Benjamin Franklin, 1746
- C.
William Caxton, 1440
- 4.What is the academic value of children's literature?
- A.
Opportunity to foster language development.
- B.
Exposure to common vocabulary and writing styles.
- C.
An opportunity for publishers to make a quick dollar off teachers.
- 5.What are chapbooks?
- A.
The first picture books created.
- B.
Books full of action and adventure.
- C.
Books containing alphabets, numbers and illustrations.
- 6.In the history of children's books
- A.
Mother Goose wrote most of them
- B.
They were found in the wealthiest of children's homes.
- C.
Portrayed children as victims without a future.
- 7.Children's books bring...
- A.
An opportunity for children to use their imagination.
- B.
Parents a way to punish the children.
- C.
A great way to keep children occupied while you are busy.
- 8.Children ages 0-2 enjoy story books with simple plots.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Children's literature are not books about childhood that are told in a nostalgic form.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Young adults (children 9-14) read literature that help them find themselves and important situations.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The _________ had three folding cardboard leaves.
- 12.John Amos Comenius prepared what is described today as ________________.
- 13.________________ spans from the infant state until adolescence.
- 14.Children's literature was taken seriously until the nineteenth century.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 15.John Newbery was an English publisher who saw the _____________ as a potential consumer of books.
- 16.Children between the ages of 4-7 are at a _______________ where they will begin to enjoy or dislike reading.
- 17.Children between the ages of 7 and 9 are...
- A.
Solidifying their reading ability.
- B.
Enjoy reading long books that challenge them.
- C.
Gaining independence and determining their point of view.
- 18.Hornbooks were full of entertaining pictures that held children's attention for hours
- A.
True
- B.
False
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