Japanese Stories (Myth-Folklore Online)

Japanese Tales (Andrew Lang)

Week 7: India and Japan - Assignments - Reading - Resources - Images

Reading Quiz

The following is a list of statements which are either True or False. When you take the quiz, you will have 10 of these statements, chosen at random. You may take the quiz up to five times; your average score will be recorded in the Gradebook.

Apply the 80% RULE when you are taking quizzes for these classes. In other words: don't stress about trying to get 100% on these quizzes. The quizzes are here to make sure you are ready to go on to the next activity. If you get 80% or better, you are ready to proceed. If you get less than 80% you need to go back and do the reading again (read more slowly, take notes) and take the quiz again, aiming for at least 80%.

T or F ? The jelly-fish rescued Urashimataro when his ship was wrecked.
T or F ? The Daimio was delighted by the early cherry blossoms.
T or F ? Jimmu became rich thanks to his dancing tanuki-kettle.
T or F ? The dog showed the old man where to dig for buried treasure.
T or F ? The frogs helped the peasant kill the wicked tanuki.
T or F ? The sparrow-maiden gave the man a box of gold and jewels.
T or F ? The tanuki betrayed the fox to the buyer.
T or F ? The wall said the wind was the strongest creature of all.
T or F ? The cat Gon rescued the princess from the snake.
T or F ? Hatschihime's mother told her to always wear a tanuki suit.
T or F ? The tanuki tricked the peasant woman by offering to help her.
T or F ? Jimmu's wooden helmet turned into a tanuki.
T or F ? Princess Ohime ordered Urashimataro to go home to his family.
T or F ? The stonecutter became rich and lived happily ever after.
T or F ? Uraschimataro was a brave young man and a good fisherman.
T or F ? The warrior Schippeitaro and his dog Kyoto defeated the hideous cats.
T or F ? The fox killed the tanuki and sold it to a hunter for three gold coins.
T or F ? The sparrow-maiden gave the woman a box full of dust and ashes.
T or F ? The old man buried his beloved dog under a fig tree.
T or F ? The foolish frogs concluded that Kyoto and Osaka were just alike.
T or F ? The crab stole the kaki fruit (persimmons) from the monkey's tree.
T or F ? The sparrow turned into a wise old woman.
T or F ? The peasant's wife cooked the tanuki for dinner.
T or F ? The monkey pretended he had left his liver at home.
T or F ? While Urashimataro was under the sea, centuries passed.

Modern Languages / Anthropology 3043: Folklore & Mythology. Laura Gibbs, Ph.D. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. You must give the original author credit. You may not use this work for commercial purposes. If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under a license identical to this one.
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