Grade 7 · World literature
This quiz helps revise “Ballads” in World literature for grade 7. It has 25 questions in five categories: Ballad Basics, Folk Heroes, Courage and Choice, Mystery and Symbols, Authors and Context. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
What gives a ballad its narrative shape: events, characters, and a sequence of action?
How were traditional folk ballads passed on before print, from performer to listener?
What is a repeated…
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How many daughters does Lear ask to declare who loves him most?
What weapon does Robin Hood use in the Nottingham archery contest?
Which youngest daughter of…
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In the gameWhat object falls among the wild beasts and must be retrieved by a knight as proof of love?
In “Heather Ale,” what does the old Pict refuse to give the king even in exchange for his life?
What does Delorges refuse…
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In “Erlking,” who carries the frightened child through the night?
In “Świteź,” what body of water hides the vanished city?
In “Erlking,” what does…
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Who wrote “Heather Ale”?
Who wrote “The Glove”?
In what year was…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.
