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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Getting of Wisdom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the doctor in "The Doctor and His Pupil," challenge his student to do?
(a) Make a wish.
(b) Shapeshift.
(c) Perform surgery.
(d) Cast spells.

2. Who are the main tricksters in "The Tall Tales"?
(a) A king and a queen.
(b) Five thieves.
(c) Three brothers.
(d) Two sisters.

3. What country is the origin of the tale "The Drovers Who Lost Their Feet"?
(a) America.
(b) Italy.
(c) Mexico.
(d) France.

4. What is the woman whom the man discovers in "The Seal's Skin" doing?
(a) Crying.
(b) Singing.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Praying.

5. From what country did the story "The Seal's Skin" originate?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Greenland.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is wrong with the couple's marriage in "What Happened to Hadji"?

2. Whom does the man stop to help in "Wicked John and the Devil"?

3. How is the child in "The Two Pickpockets" deformed?

4. "How Men and Women Got Together" is about ________________.

5. What does the Rabbi in "It Could Always Be Worse" tell the men to bring into his home?

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