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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 are the signs Death sends to the youth in "Death's Messengers"?

2. What do the Seven Swabians carry together?

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

4. What is the lesson taught in "The Three Green Twigs"?

5. How many princesses are there in "The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What lesson does The Master-Thief teach?

4. What is the lesson of The Crumbs on the Table?

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

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

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

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

9. What is the lesson behind The Three Army Surgeons?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Magic and supernatural elements are very common and very-loved in fairy tales. Discuss what types of magic are typically seen within the tales and give specific examples for each type. What purpose does magic serve in the fairy tales? Do they enrich the story? Do fairy tales function better with the magical and supernatural elements?

Essay Topic 2

There are many marks of fairy tales or common themes. List as many as possible. Give a brief description of each and its importance within the tales. Use as many examples as possible to support each. Discuss the idea behind having several stories with the same themes or marks.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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