Allegory Quiz
1. Which of the following best reflects the meaning of "allegory"?
Question 1 options:
a story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation; a symbolic representation of something else
a literary device in which characters or events in a literary, visual, or musical art form represent or symbolize ideas and concepts
All of the above are correct
2. Which of the following best summarizes the meaning of "allegory"?
Question 2 options:
an extended metaphor
a group of symbols
a symbolic story
a politician
3. What does it mean to read "literally"?
Question 3 options:
use your eyes to read
take the words of the story to mean exactly and only what they say
take the words of a story as a hidden message for something else
read from a book
4. What does it mean to read "allegorically"?
Question 4 options:
read an allegory
take the words of the story to mean exactly and only what they say
take the words of a story as a hidden message for something else
read quickly
5. Which of the following is an allegory of racism?
Question 5 options:
The Sneetches
Yertle the Turtle
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Grasshopper and the Ant
6. Which of the following is an allegory of the horrors of totalitarian or autocratic governments?
Question 6 options:
The Sneetches
Yertle the Turtle
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Grasshopper and the Ant
7.What might the following short story be an allegory for?
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs who went off to build their houses. The first little pig built his house of straw, which was not very strong. One day, the big bad wolf came and said, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in." "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin," said the first little pig. "Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your house down." And he did. And he got the little pig and ate him all up. The second little pig built his house of sticks, which were not very strong. One day, the big bad wolf came and said, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in." "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin," said the second little pig. "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down." And he did. And he got the little pig and ate him all up. The third little pig built his house of bricks, which were very strong. One day, the big bad wolf came and said, "Little pig, little pig, let me come in." "Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin," said the third little pig. "Then I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow your house down." But no matter how much the wolf huffed and puffed, the house did not blow down. So the big bad wolf said, "I'll come down the chimney and eat you all up." But when the wolf came down the chimney, he fell into a pot of boiling water and boiled all up. And the third little pig lived happily ever after in his house of bricks.
Question 7 options:
the rewards of laziness
how to protect oneself from death and disaster
good house building practices
This is silly! It isn't an allegory for anything!
8. What is the biggest difference between allegory and other literary devices?
Question 8 options:
allegory uses symbols
allegory works over an entire story or poem rather than just a phrase or two
allegory uses imagery
You know, there isn't isn't much difference at all
