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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who wants to cook Fundevogel?
(a) The servant.
(b) The cook.
(c) The stepmother.
(d) The witch.
2. What animal is Jorinda turned into in Jorinda and Joringel?
(a) A fox.
(b) A bird.
(c) A toad.
(d) A hare.
3. What negative quality is expressed in "The Wolf and the Fox"?
(a) Bragging.
(b) Disloyalty.
(c) Greed.
(d) Conceit.
4. What magic is seen in "Sweet Porridge"?
(a) A pot that makes and stops porridge at a command.
(b) A never-ending fire that cooks never-ending porridge.
(c) A pot of porridge that continually refills itself without overflowing.
(d) A pot that talks.
5. Why does the guest in Clever Gretel run away?
(a) Gretel has told him her master will cut off his ears.
(b) The master has told him he will cut off his ears.
(c) The master has told him he wants only one of his ears.
(d) Gretel has told him the chicken is poisoned.
Short Answer Questions
1. For how many years is Briar-Rose asleep?
2. What is the negative trait expressed by the hen in "The Death of the Little Hen"?
3. Where is the nixie when the children escape in "The Water-Nixie"?
4. In "Gambling Hansel," what does God grant him?
5. What power do the snake leaves have in the story "The Three Snake-Leaves"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the story of Clever Elsie misleading?
2. What are the similarities and differences between The Devil's Sooty Brother and Bearskin?
3. Discuss Gretel's character in Clever Gretel.
4. What is the lesson of The Three Sons of Fortune?
5. The idea of good overpowering evil is prevalent in many of the stories. Briefly mention a few and discuss how good triumphs over evil.
6. What are the similarities between The Queen Bee, The Three Feathers, and The Golden Goose?
7. What lessons are taught in Old Sultan?
8. What theme is expressed in Wise Folks?
9. The Louse and the Flea and Clever Hans both use different story-telling styles than many of the other fairy tales. What techniques do they use?
10. The number three is used several times in some of the fairy tales. Give a brief list of which stories that use the number three, what is represented in threes, and what the number three might represent.
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