World Folk Tales Quiz
Instructions: How well do you remember folk tales, myths, and legends from cultures around the world?
- 1.
Anansi the Spider is a trickster figure from the folklore of which region?
ANative AmericanBSoutheast AsiaCWest AfricanDPolynesian - 2.
The Brothers Grimm, who collected famous fairy tales, were from which country?
AFranceBEnglandCGermanyDDenmark - 3.
In Japanese folklore, the kitsune is a magical shape-shifting creature that takes the form of what?
ACraneBFoxCCatDRaccoon dog - 4.
The tale of 'One Thousand and One Nights' (Arabian Nights) features which famous storyteller?
AAli BabaBSinbadCAladdinDScheherazade - 5.
Baba Yaga, a fearsome witch who lives in a house on chicken legs, comes from which folklore tradition?
ACelticBGermanCScandinavianDSlavic (Russian) - 6.
The legend of the Dreamcatcher originates from which Native American people?
ACherokeeBOjibwe (Chippewa)CSiouxDNavajo - 7.
In Norse mythology, the world tree that connects the nine realms is called what?
AMjolnirBYggdrasilCValhallaDBifrost - 8.
The Monkey King (Sun Wukong) is a central figure in which classic Chinese novel?
ARomance of the Three KingdomsBJourney to the WestCWater MarginDDream of the Red Chamber - 9.
Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack, is a folk hero from which country?
AUnited StatesBCanadaCFinlandDNorway - 10.
The Ramayana, an epic tale of Prince Rama, is a foundational story in which religion?
ABuddhismBSikhismCHinduismDJainism - 11.
In Aboriginal Australian mythology, the Rainbow Serpent is associated with what?
AWater and creationBEarth and mineralsCFire and destructionDWind and storms - 12.
The legend of Robin Hood is set in which English forest?
ASherwood ForestBEpping ForestCForest of DeanDNew Forest - 13.
Coyote is a trickster figure in the folklore of which group of peoples?
APolynesian IslandersBNative AmericansCAboriginal AustraliansDCeltic peoples - 14.
The Kalevala is the national epic of which country, compiled from oral folklore?
AFinlandBEstoniaCNorwayDIceland - 15.
In Polynesian mythology, Maui is a demigod known for fishing up what?
AIslands from the seaBThe moonCFish for his peopleDThe sun