Deck 6: Traditional Literature : Retelling and Reinventing Tales

Question 1

The roots of traditional literature are in oral storytelling.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Traditional literature uses unpredictable formats so that the listener doesn't lose interest.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

It is important for tellers to not make changes to the traditional tale.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Zelinsky's Rapunzel is told in three voices.

Question 5

Urban legends are typically told as fact.

Question 6

Tall tales are purely an American invention.

Question 7

For people of ancient civilizations, myths were nonfiction.

Question 8

Beowulf is one of the oldest works in the English language.

Question 9

Johnny Appleseed was a real person.

Question 10

The Grimm Brothers revised their first edition due to pressure groups.

Question 11

How would you describe reinventions?

A) They are the same as retellings.
B) They have changes that pass along the overall plot, theme, and spirit of the original.
C) They drastically move away from areas as the overall plot, theme, and spirit of the original.
D) They are traditional.

Question 12

How would you describe Napoli's Zel?

A) It is a picture book.
B) It has one narrator who tells the tale in the first person.
C) It takes place in the 1970s.
D) It is retold from three alternating perspectives.

Question 13

John Harold Brunvard is a leading authority of __________.

A) Urban legends
B) Myths
C) Traditional literature
D) Tall tales

Question 14

Which of the following best describes American tall tales?

A) They encouraged the transition of colloquial language into major works of American literature.
B) They encouraged the storyteller to use standard English.
C) They are humorous and believable.
D) They only featured tales about males, since tall tales were tied to the monumental task of settling the American West.

Question 15

How would you describe myths?

A) They are the same as epics.
B) They attempt to explain the origins of the world, including human society and culture.
C) They were considered fiction by the people of ancient civilizations.
D) They are a European story format.

Question 16

How would you describe epics?

A) Include heroes that are part human and part supernatural
B) Are not usually included in the classroom for young adults
C) Have no connection with young people
D) Include heroes that are entirely human

Question 17

What best describes Riordan's tales of his character Percy Jackson?

A) They are set in the modern world.
B) They are set in the ancient world.
C) They feature tall tales.
D) They are understood only if the reader has extensive background knowledge.

Question 18

How would you describe folk tales and fairy tales?

A) They are seldom part of mainstream culture.
B) They continue to pervade mainstream culture.
C) They contribute little to building an awareness of the diversity of people in the world.
D) They have not changed over the centuries.

Question 19

Bruno Bettelheim did which of the following?

A) He authored a book that encouraged parents to stop reading traditional literature to their children as these stories are too frightening.
B) He wrote The Misuses of Enchantment.
C) He argued that fairy tales play a unique role in helping individuals work through some very important life issues
D) He stressed that fairy tales are harmful as they encourage young people to live in a pretend world.

Question 20

Which of the following is true of reinventions?

A) They maintain traditional cultural assumptions and values of the original story.
B) They cause the reader to question traditional cultural assumptions and values of the original story.
C) They are told from the male perspective.
D) They do not include metafive traits.