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- 1. Multiple Choice
The definition of a MYTH is...
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters are gods, demigods, or supernatural beings.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters may have been based on real people who are exaggerated.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters may have been based on real people in a historical time.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters are fantasy ones set in a fantasy time.
- 2. Multiple Choice
The definition of a LEGEND is...
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters may have been based on real people in a historical time.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters are gods, demigods, or supernatural beings.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters may have been based on real people who are exaggerated.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters are fantasy ones set in a fantasy time.
- 3. Multiple Choice
The definition of a TALL TALE is...
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters are fantasy ones set in a fantasy time.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters may have been based on real people who are exaggerated.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters may have been based on real people in a historical time.
Stories that try to explain how our world works and how we should treat each other; main characters are gods, demigods, or supernatural beings.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why is the story of "Cupid & Psyche" a MYTH?
It explains Love & Faithfulness; Cupid is a God.
It explains Hatred & Anger; Psyche is a God.
It explains why Thunder, Lightning, & Rain exist; neither characters are Gods.
It explains why animals are present in the Zodiac; both characters are Gods.
- 5. Multiple Choice
The story of Oisin, an Irish warrior, and Niamh, a Fairy Lady is a....
Myth
Legend
Tall Tale
None of these.
- 6. Multiple Choice
In what way is the story of King Arthur a LEGEND?
King Arthur may have been a fictional person who lived during the Medieval Times in England.
It's not a Legend.
King Arthur was a real person whose adventures were exaggerated.
King Arthur was based on real kings who lived during Medieval Times in Wales.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Name the religious item the Knights of the Round Table searched for in their adventures.
The Holy Cup
The Holy Plate
The Holy Grail
The Holy Tray
- 8. Multiple Choice
Cryptids are LEGENDS because...
They are animals (such as Sasquatch or the Loch Ness Monster) that claim to exist but have not been proven to exist, despite popular belief.
They are people (such as La Llorona) that actually exist and have been proven to exist.
They are objects (such as The Holy Grail) which actually exist but have not been proven to exist, despite popular belief.
They aren't Legends.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Choose the ways in which the stories of Johnny Appleseed and Sleepy Hollow are LEGENDS.
Only Johnny Appleseed is a god from a Myth; the Headless Horseman is an exaggeration.
Johnny Appleseed was an exaggerated character but became an American hero; Sleepy Hollow is a Myth.
Johnny Appleseed was a fictional character but became an American hero; the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow is a Cryptid.
Both Johnny Appleseed and the Headless Horseman were possibly fictional characters who lived during a specific time in American history.
- 10. Multiple Choice
How are the stories of Paul Bunyan, John Henry, Slue-Foot Sue, Pecos Bill, and Annie Oakley TALL TALES?
They aren't Tall Tales; they are Legends.
All the stories have unbelievable exaggerations, told as if they were true and humorous.
Only the stories of John Henry, Pecos Bill, and Slue-Foot Sue have unbelievable exaggerations. Paul Bunyan and Annie Oakley were real people.
Only the stories of Paul Bunyan and Annie Oakley have unbelievable exaggerations. John Henry, Pecos Bill, and Slue-Foot Sue were real people.
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