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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is not one of the morals of the story "The Queen Bee"?
2. What common fairy tale motif is found in "Doctor Knowall"?
3. In "The Juniper Tree," what present does the bird give to Marlene?
4. What job does the bird have that he ends up wanting to switch in "The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage"?
5. What item does the second son receive in "The Three Sons of Fortune"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the moral of The Poor Man and the Rich Man?
2. What is the moral of The Three Little Birds?
3. 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.
4. Briefly discuss the moral of the Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was.
5. Discuss the sibling bond seen in both The Twelve Brothers and Brother and Sister.
6. What is the lesson in the fairy tale, The Dog and the Sparrow?
7. Although Snow-White is usually told as a fairy tale to entertain little girls, what is the lesson of Little Snow-White?
8. What lesson is being told in the story Mother Holle?
9. Discuss the differences between the two tales of The Wedding of Mrs. Fox and how each portrays Mr. and Mrs. Fox.
10. How is the story of The Singing Bone similar to the story of Cain and Abel?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the social attitudes of a culture and how they affect fairy tales. What social attitudes are seen in the Grimm fairy tales? How are they portrayed? What do these social attitudes tell children from that time? What do they tell children now? What can general readers today decipher about society back then?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the popularity of fairy tales. Why have the tales survived until today? What is the appeal that they carry which has allowed them to span through many countries and over many years?
Essay Topic 3
A fairy tale is typically thought to be a story to tell children. However, several tales carry dark elements or horrible deaths that might not appeal to a child. Discuss what darker elements might be seen in fairy tales and what sort of horrible deaths there are. Then analyze them to determine whether the fairy tale can indeed be for a child or is it meant for an older audience? Why did the Grimm Brothers incorporate such elements into some of the tales even if the moral is considered an element of good?
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