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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Getting of Wisdom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Rabbi in "It Could Always Be Worse" tell the men to bring into his home?
(a) Happy children.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Farm Animals.

2. In "The Doctor and His Pupil," what must the boy dust?
(a) A magical carpet.
(b) A set of china.
(c) A magical book.
(d) A magical lamp.

3. What is wrong with the couple's marriage in "What Happened to Hadji"?
(a) They spend too much money.
(b) He has an affair.
(c) She has an affair.
(d) They fight.

4. Where does Anansi hide his treasures in "Getting Common Sense"?
(a) In a tree.
(b) In a cave.
(c) In a vault.
(d) Under his bed.

5. Falsehood accuses the boy at the hotel of ___________.
(a) Stealing.
(b) Fighting.
(c) Gluttony.
(d) Purgery.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Peasant and the Devil," what do the devil and peasant agree to split?

2. What is the prophecy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?

3. What does the magician try to create in "The Well-Baked Man"?

4. "How Men and Women Got Together" is about ________________.

5. What does the man and his children throw into the sea at the end of "The Seal's Skin"?

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