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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. The princess also sends the servant out to find the _____________, which the gallow birds eventually bring to him.

2. The skin of the virgin is as white as _________ and she is unsoiled in her current state.

3. Whose asexual voice does Sexton say that creature inside of a person sounds like?

4. In the olden times, there was a king who was as wise as a _________________, according to the poem.

5. Until the day that the mirror said that Snow White was fairer than her stepmother, Snow White was nothing more than a _________ to her stepmother.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the threat against the miller's daughter when she is placed inside a room?

2. What does the boy in the poem, "The Gold Key," want to do as soon as he finds the Gold Key?

3. What does the purpose of the gold key turn out to be? What does it apparently open?

4. What does the witch do when she realizes that the prince has come up to see Rapunzel and that they have fallen in love?

5. To whom does the Queen turn when she wants to find out whether she is the most beautiful in the land?

6. What does the huntsman do in order to find out why people and dogs continue to go missing from the woods?

7. What happens when the girl is able to guess Rumpelstiltskin's name and keep her child?

8. What does the prince decide to do after realizing that Cinderella disappears on the third night in a row?

9. Why does the young boy decide that he wants to let the wild man out of his captivity?

10. What protects the witch's garden from possible intruders who might want to steal items away?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The concept of beauty is the main theme in Snow White, with the Queen being so interested in making herself the most beautiful that she tries to kill Snow White.

Part 1: Why do you think beauty is so important to the Queen? How does it affect her?

Part 2: How do you think beauty is valued in today's society? Does it still hold a lot of value?

Part 3: Do you think that there are other 'Queens' in today's society, vying to be the most beautiful at any cost? Cite examples.

Essay Topic 2

In order to save her life, the girl will sacrifice all of her worldly possessions and her future child in order to avoid death for not being able to spin straw into gold.

Part 1: Why do you think the girl didn't want to die as a criminal?

Part 2: Do you think the others believed that the girl was capable of performing the feat of spinning gold on her own?

Part 3: How would you have dealt with this situation if you were in the shoes of the girl?

Essay Topic 3

The princess and the frog is a story which has been told many times, showing that beauty is only skin deep.

Part 1: Why do you think so many people rush to judge a person by the way they look?

Part 2: Do you think that a person has a right to dismiss someone because of their looks?

Part 3: How do you think you would respond if you were to see a frog come up to you and begin to talk?

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