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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 is "The Fly" about?
(a) Death.
(b) Forgiving debt.
(c) Insects.
(d) Plants.

2. Who is a liar in the "The Parson and the Sexton"?
(a) The queen.
(b) The sexton.
(c) The king.
(d) The parson.

3. What is the king forced to do for an eternity at the end of "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) Play guitar.
(b) Row.
(c) Sing.
(d) Lift logs.

4. What does the king demand from the boy in "The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs"?
(a) His word.
(b) An apology.
(c) Money.
(d) Three hairs.

5. In "Sister Alionushka, Brother Ivanushka," the brother turns into _____________.
(a) A goat.
(b) A dragon.
(c) A pig.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Talk" something frightens the men. What frightens them?

2. What did the sexton have to wear in "The Parson and the Sexton"?

3. In "The Prayer that was Answered," what happens to the dishonest man?

4. Jack causes a deaf girl to laugh in "Lazy Jack." What is his reward?

5. Whom does the man stop to help in "Wicked John and the Devil"?

(see the answer key)

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