Literature Review Test 5

Who wrote the story "King Thrushbeard"?

• Aesop

• Leo Tolstoy

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

“With that he tore away up the mountain side and has ever after been careful to give the turtle a wide berth” is an example of what literary device?

• litotes

• idiom

• dramatic irony

• epigram

What part of the rabbit would supposedly cure the fish king in “The Rabbit”?

“For all rogues are notoriously clever at concealing their real designs” is an example of what literary device?

• litotes

• idiom

• dramatic irony

• epigram

Which of the following archetypes is best illustrated in the story “The Blacksmith’s Dilemma”?

• the trickster

• the wise fool

• the superhuman hero

• the young hero

In "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves," who was the servant who outwitted the robbers and saved Ali Baba’s household?

The story “The Goatherd and the Wild Goats” is an example of what type of story?

• fable

• legend

• folktale

• frame story

“And the Kraken wasn’t what I’d call helpful” is an example of what literary device?

• litotes

• idiom

• dramatic irony

• epigram

The story “The Rabbit” is an example of what type of story?

• fable

• legend

• folktale

• frame story

Who is the Greek slave attributed with writing a famous collection of fables which present life lessons that are valuable even today?