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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. What fairy tale motif is found in "The Peasant's Wise Daughter"?
(a) Trickery.
(b) Magic.
(c) Love.
(d) Wealth.

2. With whom does the peasant trade places when he is sentenced to be killed in "The Little Peasant"?
(a) Another peasant.
(b) No one.
(c) A shepherd.
(d) A cow herder.

3. Where is the nixie when the children escape in "The Water-Nixie"?
(a) Garden.
(b) Church.
(c) Home.
(d) Market.

4. In "Gambling Hansel," what does God grant him?
(a) Passage to Heaven.
(b) Three wishes.
(c) A beautiful wife.
(d) Escape from Hell.

5. What magic is seen in "Sweet Porridge"?
(a) A pot that makes and stops porridge at a command.
(b) A pot of porridge that continually refills itself without overflowing.
(c) A never-ending fire that cooks never-ending porridge.
(d) A pot that talks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which character do the young men in "The Devil's Sooty Brother" and "Bearskin" meet with?

2. Who kidnaps the baby prince in "The Pink"?

3. In "The Juniper Tree," what present does the bird give to Marlene?

4. What does Thumbling use as a sword in "Thumbling's Travels"?

5. What is the lesson in "The Old Man and His Grandson"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Gretel's character in Clever Gretel.

2. What is the lesson of The Three Sons of Fortune?

3. What common fairy tale element is shared in The Thief and His Master, Jorinda and Joringel, and How Six Men Got On in the World?

4. What is the lesson in the fairy tale, The Dog and the Sparrow?

5. What is the moral of The Poor Man and the Rich Man?

6. What lesson is being told in the story Mother Holle?

7. What are the similarities and differences between The Devil's Sooty Brother and Bearskin?

8. What does Gambling Hansel explain of the world?

9. How might The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean compare to a fable?

10. What is the lesson in The Raven?

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