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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 do the pregnant women in "The Old Man Turned Young Again" give birth to?

2. What do "The Willow-Wren" and "The Sole" have in common?

3. What literary device does "My Household" use?

4. What does the boy do when the old woman is on fire in "The Old Beggar Woman"?

5. Who helps the soldier in "The Blue Light"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful telling readers?

2. What is the idea behind The Old Man Made Young Again?

3. What is unusual about the tale The Three Brothers if compared to other tales?

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

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

6. Compare Lazy Harry and Lean Lisa.

7. Why does The Gold Key have no proper ending?

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

9. Why is the fourth child in The Sparrow and His Four Children considered to have found the best home? What message is being sent?

10. Laziness is discussed in both The Three Sluggards and The Twelve Idle Servants. What is different between the two tales?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the overall elements that create a fairy tale and label a story as one. What is the backbone to a fairy tale? What factors must be present? What are the archetypal characters? What other elements are normally seen in a fairy tale and what is the structure of a fairy tale? Be sure to include several specific examples to support each point.

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

Discuss the idea of beauty in fairy tales. What is beauty? How is it portrayed in the fairy tales? What do the fairy tales say about beauty? What perceptions about beauty do the fairy tales express to society and does society follow these perceptions? Use specific examples to support your claims.

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