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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. How does Uncle Remus explain the cure for a plantation witch?
2. What habit of the goose does the little boy ask Uncle Remus about?
3. What happens when the alligator runs through the fire?
4. How does Brer Rabbit warn Brer Fox to keep his distance?
5. What animal does Brer Fox meet up with in the tale, How Brother Fox Was Too Smart?
Short Essay Questions
1. Explain the difference between the fables Uncle Remus tells and the superstition in The Plantation Witch.
2. In the story, The Moon in the Mill-Pond, how do Brer Rabbit and Brer Tarrypin keep the bear, the fox, and the wolf occupied while they visit Miss Meadows?
3. How does Brer Rabbit convince the fox to take his place in Mr. Man's box trap?
4. How does Uncle Remus explain the difference between Brer Rabbit and the rabbits the boy sees today.
5. Describe the similarity of the tale, How Brother Rabbit Frightened His Neighbors, to the nursery story of Henny Penny and the Falling Sky.
6. What is the bait Brer Fox uses to entrap Brer Rabbit the first time?
7. What happens to Brer Wolf as he is being raised to the top of Brer Rabbit's steeple?
8. What moral question does the little boy raise after hearing how Brer Rabbit tricked Mr. Mann out of his meat?
9. Describe Brer Bear's reaction when he discovers he has been hoodwinked by Brer Rabbit in the peanut patch.
10. How do the tales, Brother Terrapin Deceives Brother Buzzard and Brother Fox Covets the Quills run together?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Different Types of Tales in Harris's Book. Give illustrations and discuss each of the following: (1) the tales with a moral often repeated from Aesop's Fables; (2) the tales as chastisement when Uncle Remus disapproves of the little boy's behavior; and (3) the tales that come from Biblical references.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Vanishing Art of Storytelling. Your essay should state your opinion about how society has been affected by the loss of good story tellers in the oral tradition. Discuss how listening to stories requires the use of the listener's imagination. Give your opinion about the value of a good imagination in today's world. Conclude with how film makers are the successors to story tellers today.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay of at least two typewritten pages on the topic, The Supernatural in Folklore. First refer to examples of witches and devils in the Uncle Remus tales. Then, discuss how the supernatural is most often used to explain the otherwise unexplainable. Finally, discuss the fascination people have with the supernatural, giving examples of how it appears in literature, art, and movies to this day.
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