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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fables 291-295 | Fables 296-300.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Dog and the Shellfish" what animal does the dog swallow?
(a) A fish.
(b) A shellfish.
(c) A halycon.
(d) A tunny-fish.

2. In "Diogenes and the Bald Man" who is Diogenes?
(a) An orator.
(b) A God.
(c) A writer.
(d) A philosopher.

3. Why does the owner beat up his animal the ass in "The Ass Carrying a Statue of a God"?
(a) The ass refuses to move.
(b) The ass starts bowing to people.
(c) The ass starts braying too loudly.
(d) The ass starts kicking people.

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

5. In "The Bandit and the Mulberry Tree" the bandit is hung from which tree?
(a) A fig tree.
(b) An apple tree.
(c) An oak tree.
(d) A mulberry tree.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Kite Who Neighed" how does the kite lose his voice?

3. In "The Man and the Lion Traveling Together" who emerges stronger?

4. In fable "The Cat and the Hens" why does the goatherd break a horn of one of the goats?

5. In "The Child Catching Locusts and the Scorpion" how does the child die?

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