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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 character trait saves the princess from a life of servitude in "Old Rinkrank"?

2. What act of unfaithfulness does Ferdinand the Faithful commit?

3. In "The Willful Child," what part of the child sticks out of the grave?

4. What does the second son in "The Four Skillful Brothers" become?

5. "The Wise Servant" is told from the view of the ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the horse in The Nail? Why? What does this signify?

2. What is the lesson of The Skillful Huntsman?

3. What is the moral of The Owl?

4. What is the lesson to be learned in Death's Messengers?

5. Compare Lazy Harry and Lean Lisa.

6. What is the riddle of The Bright Sun Brings it to Light?

7. What is the message in Eve's Various Children?

8. What do The Willow-Wren, The Sole, The Bittern and Hoopoe, and The Moon all have in common?

9. What is The Twelve Apostles about?

10. What is understood about the maiden in The Maid of Brakel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Research the lives of the Grimm Brothers and their tales and write an informative essay. Give a brief biography and be sure to answer the following questions: How? Why did the Grimm Brothers get their start in telling tales? How did their stories spread? Did the Grimm Brothers base any of the fairy tales off real-life experiences or are they all purely fictional? What was their childhood like? What about their lives as adults?

Essay Topic 2

The bad people in fairy tales range from evil stepmothers to wicked witches and more. List each type of evil character and give a brief description of each. What behavioral codes do these bad people follow? What are the similarities between them? What are the differences? Why are these characters always evil? Are there any instances in which the stepmother is not evil? Use specific examples to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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