Folk Tale/Legend/Myth Test

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Do your best! Remember your folk tales, legends, and myths!


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  • 1. 
    What is the passing of songs, stories, and poems to new generations by word of mouth?
    • A. 

      Legend

    • B. 

      Oral tradition

    • C. 

      Genre

    • D. 

      Folk songs

  • 2. 
    What was based on truth in real people or events of the past, then exaggerated, then passed down by word of mouth?
    • A. 

      Myth

    • B. 

      Folk tale

    • C. 

      Legend

  • 3. 
    Why did the Emperor not allow Ixtla to marry in Popocatepetl and Ixtlaccihuatl?
    • A. 

      He thought she was too young.

    • B. 

      He was a jealous man who worried about turning over power to another.

    • C. 

      He thought she would love another man more than she loved her own father.

    • D. 

      He was too confused to give his blessing.

  • 4. 
    Who killed him/herself in this story?
    • A. 

      Popo

    • B. 

      Ixtla

    • C. 

      Emporer

    • D. 

      Popo and Ixtla

    • E. 

      Ixtla and her father

  • 5. 
    Popo decided to go ahead and become the ruler, even without Ixtla at his side.
    • A. 

      True.

    • B. 

      False.

    • C. 

      The story does not tell us.

  • 6. 
    Name a trait the Aztecs admired in regard to this story.
  • 7. 
    What happens at the end of this story?
    • A. 

      All who committed suicide are resurrected.

    • B. 

      Popo and Ixtla become volcanic mountains.

    • C. 

      The father gets his kingdom back.

    • D. 

      All the liars (about Popo) are put to death by the other warriors.

  • 8. 
    Which word means all in agreement?
    • A. 

      Besieged

    • B. 

      Refute

    • C. 

      Edifice

    • D. 

      Unanimous

  • 9. 
    Which word means completely defeated?
    • A. 

      Routed

    • B. 

      Besieged

    • C. 

      Decreed

    • D. 

      Edificed

  • 10. 
    What was the edifice in the story?
    • A. 

      The obsidian weapon

    • B. 

      The mountain

    • C. 

      The burial pyramid they built

    • D. 

      The king's jealousy

  • 11. 
    Did Popo relish the thought of ruling alone, without Ixtla?
    • A. 

      Yes.

    • B. 

      No.

  • 12. 
    1. a brief story or poem, usually with animal characters, that teaches a lesson2. an entertaining story composed orally and then passed by word of mouth
    • A. 

      1. legend 2. myth

    • B. 

      1. fable 2. folk tale

    • C. 

      1. folk tale 2. legend

    • D. 

      1. fable 2. myth

  • 13. 
    Who was the real Master in the folk take The People Could Fly?
    • A. 

      The narrator

    • B. 

      The woman with the baby

    • C. 

      The slave owner

    • D. 

      Toby

  • 14. 
    Why did the lion say the statue proved nothing, in the fable The Lion and The Statue?
    • A. 

      They didn't see the back of it to see who really won.

    • B. 

      The lion crafted it himself.

    • C. 

      Anyone could make the statue show anything he/she wanted.

    • D. 

      Everyone knows lions are always stronger than men (except Benaiah).

  • 15. 
    Who wrote both The Lion and The Statue and The Fox and The Crow?
  • 16. 
    What does 'outfox' mean?
    • A. 

      Hide

    • B. 

      Find

    • C. 

      Be bigger than

    • D. 

      Trick

  • 17. 
    Name one thing Anansi had to bring to Nyame in All Stories Belong to Anansi.
  • 18. 
    Why was Anansi able to trick the others so he could capture them?
    • A. 

      He was more clever.

    • B. 

      He was stronger.

    • C. 

      He could make them angry with his words.

    • D. 

      He had help from the sky god.

  • 19. 
    What does the prefix -sur NOT mean?
    • A. 

      Over

    • B. 

      Under

    • C. 

      Above

    • D. 

      Beyond

  • 20. 
    A myth is a story that explains...
    • A. 

      Someone's opinion.

    • B. 

      Someones scientific study.

    • C. 

      What really happened.

    • D. 

      Natural occurrences.

  • 21. 
    What was Phaethon's greatest downfall?
    • A. 

      His looks

    • B. 

      His unhealthy pride

    • C. 

      His fear

    • D. 

      His failures

  • 22. 
    Which event in nature is NOT explained in Phaethon, Son of Apollo?
    • A. 

      The dessert in Northern Africa

    • B. 

      The amber sap in trees

    • C. 

      Sunrise and sunset

    • D. 

      Thunder

  • 23. 
    Why does Pluto take Persephone to his kingdom in Demeter and Persephone?
    • A. 

      He is trying to get back at Demeter for her cruelty.

    • B. 

      He is lonely in the underworld.

    • C. 

      He falls in love with her after his heart is pierced with an arrow.

    • D. 

      He wants to eventually see a change of seasons.

  • 24. 
    Why must Persephone forever return to the underworld?
    • A. 

      She ate pomegranate seeds.

    • B. 

      She is married to Pluto.

    • C. 

      She promised to return yearly.

    • D. 

      She is only truly happy there.

  • 25. 
    Who is mortal?
    • A. 

      People

    • B. 

      Gods

    • C. 

      God

    • D. 

      The Greeks only

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