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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. What is the overall moral in both "The Gnome" and "The King of the Golden Mountain"?

2. What negative quality is expressed in "The Wolf and the Fox"?

3. What is something similar in "The Three Little Birds" and "The Water of Life"?

4. Which of the following is not one of the morals of the story "The Queen Bee"?

5. What is the cracking noise heard at the end of "The Frog-King"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the irony in The Water-Nixie?

2. What is the moral of The Three Little Birds?

3. How does King Thrushbeard trick the princess? Why?

4. What does Gambling Hansel explain of the world?

5. Why is The Robber Bridegroom considered a dark tale?

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

7. Briefly discuss the moral of the Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was.

8. Discuss how Fitcher's Bird can be considered a dark tale.

9. 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.

10. What are the similarities between The Queen Bee, The Three Feathers, and The Golden Goose?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Even today, the number three has a mystical connotation and many consider it a lucky number. The use of the number three is consistently seen throughout the many fairy tales. In the essay, first discuss the idea of the number three and what it means. Then use specific examples from different tales and explain what the use of the number three signifies in each.

Essay Topic 2

Many of the fairy tales carry hints of religion, especially Christianity. How do the Grimm Brothers express this? What exactly is said about Christianity, religion, and/or God? Research the religious lives of the Grimm Brothers and religion during the era in which they lived to further explain the use of religion. Use specific examples from specific tales. Use as many as necessary to prove the point.

Essay Topic 3

Choose any fairy tale slightly longer in length and write an essay analyzing the tale in its entirety. Discuss its characters, the marks of fairy tales that are expressed, the prevalent theme, the setting, the morals, and any other aspect that can be discussed.

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