World Folk Tales
Instructions: Explore beloved folk tales and fairy tales from cultures around the world!
- 1.
The Brothers Grimm, who collected famous fairy tales, were from which country?
AFranceBGermanyCEnglandDDenmark - 2.
Hans Christian Andersen, author of 'The Little Mermaid' and 'The Ugly Duckling,' was from which country?
ADenmarkBFinlandCSwedenDNorway - 3.
'One Thousand and One Nights' (Arabian Nights) is framed by the story of which storyteller?
AAli BabaBSinbadCAladdinDScheherazade - 4.
In the Aesop's fable 'The Tortoise and the Hare,' what lesson does the story teach?
AMight makes rightBLook before you leapCSlow and steady wins the raceDEarly bird catches the worm - 5.
In the African folk tale tradition, what animal is often the clever trickster?
AThe elephantBThe giraffeCThe lionDAnansi the spider - 6.
In the original Grimm Brothers' version, what does the Big Bad Wolf do to the first two pigs' houses?
ABlows them downBBurns them downCKnocks them overDFloods them - 7.
The Japanese folk tale of Momotarō is about a boy born from what fruit?
AA cherryBA peachCA plumDA persimmon - 8.
In the Native American Coyote tales, Coyote typically serves what role?
ATrickster and cultural heroBSilent observerCEvil villainDWise elder - 9.
Charles Perrault, who wrote versions of 'Cinderella' and 'Sleeping Beauty,' was from which country?
AItalyBGermanyCEnglandDFrance - 10.
In Russian folk tales, Baba Yaga is what kind of character?
AA fearsome witch who lives in a hut on chicken legsBA wise kingCA beautiful princessDA friendly dragon - 11.
The Indian collection of animal fables 'Panchatantra' was originally written to teach what?
APolitical wisdom and practical life lessons to young princesBReligious devotionCMathematicsDAgricultural techniques - 12.
In the Chinese folk tale, what does the Monkey King (Sun Wukong) accompany the monk Xuanzang to retrieve?
ABuddhist scriptures from IndiaBA magical swordCAn emperor's crownDA dragon's pearl - 13.
In the folk tale 'Rumpelstiltskin,' the miller's daughter must guess what to save her child?
AThe location of hidden goldBA magic spellCThe little man's nameDA riddle's answer - 14.
Which Irish folk tale tradition features small, mischievous fairy shoemakers who guard pots of gold?
APúcaBLeprechaunsCSelkiesDBanshees - 15.
In the Grimm Brothers' version of 'Cinderella,' what helps Cinderella instead of a fairy godmother?
AA talking catBA wishing wellCA tree growing on her mother's grave and white birdsDA magic mirror