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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fables 251-255 | Fables 256-260.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Ploughman and the Eagle" who saves the ploughman from a collapsing wall?
(a) A halcyon.
(b) A hawk.
(c) An eagle.
(d) No answers are correct.

2. In "The Sick Man and the Doctor" what is the sick man dying of?
(a) Good symptoms.
(b) Serious infection.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Old age.

3. In "The Crested Lark" why does the lark get death penalty?
(a) Because she steals a piece of grain.
(b) Because she lies.
(c) Because she kills a fellow lark.
(d) Because she steals someone else's food.

4. In "The Doctor and the Sick Man" how does the doctor's patient die?
(a) He dies because of excess drinking.
(b) He dies because of excess stress.
(c) He dies because of excess eating.
(d) He dies of old age.

5. In fable "The Cat and the Hens" why does the goatherd break a horn of one of the goats?
(a) Because that goat ignored the goatherd when he was calling it back.
(b) Because the goat was troubling the other goats of the herd.
(c) Because the goatherd wanted to sell the goat's horns.
(d) Because that goat tried to harm the goatherd.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bees and Zeus" what does Zeus grant to the bees?

2. In "The Woman and the Hen" the hen lays how many eggs in a day?

3. Which of the fables mark the beginning of the Fox Fables?

4. In "The Men and Zeus" what is the gift given by Zeus to Man?

5. What do we learn about Man's nature from "The Man and the Satyr"?

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