English 1: Folk Tradition Unit 1 Study Guide
Most of the following questions will be included in the indicated sections of the test.
Matching/Character Identification (15 points total)
Which character:
- fell in love with his own image?
- refused to listen to his father’s warning about flying too close to the sun?
- completed tasks to win the hand of the princess?
- caught the Salmon of Knowledge?
- told his neighbor that pots could have babies and die?
- ate the cheese?
True False Section (15 points total)
- Which three groups of animals helped the servant win the princess’s hand in marriage?
- Is the older brother happy or resentful when the prodigal son returns?
- How long is it before Goha tells his neighbor that all of his pots had died?
- Did Narcissus deeply love Echo?
- Did Daedalus warn Icarus to fly a middle course?
Multiple Choice (15 points total)
- What is the moral implied in “The Prodigal Son” regarding forgiveness?
- Which two selections (know titles) are trickster tales?
- Which selection is a legend? (know the title)
- What is the title of the selection that uses irony of situation most apparently or obviously?
- What is the title of the fairy tale in this unit?
Matching definitions to literary terms: (15 points total)
Review your literary term sheet, and be able to match the following to their definitions:
- Fairy tales
- Fables
- Legends
- Parables
- Spirituals
- Folk songs
The short essay (40 points) of two to three well-developed paragraphs will include:
A pre write
Defining the term suspension of disbelief
Explaining why story tellers depend on their audience to have suspension of disbelief to enjoy fiction
Supplying the title of a selection from Unit 1 that shows the importance of suspending one’s disbelief
Telling what type of selection it is (for example, legend, fable, spiritual, etc.)
Three specific elements in the selection that require the reader to suspend his or her disbelief