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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The White Bride and the Black Bride | Iron Hans | The Three Black Princesses | Knoist and His Three Sons | The Maid of Brakel | My Household | The Lambkin and the Little Fish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What common fairy tale element does "The Two King's Children" have?
(a) The use of three.
(b) The use of trickery.
(c) A cursed princess.
(d) An evil stepmother.

2. With whom does the peasant trade places when he is sentenced to be killed in "The Little Peasant"?
(a) A shepherd.
(b) A cow herder.
(c) No one.
(d) Another peasant.

3. What is heavily symbolized in "The White Bride and the Black Bride"?
(a) Love.
(b) Evil.
(c) Color.
(d) Good.

4. What does the first stepsister do to get her foot to fit in the golden slipper in Cinderella?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Cut off her big toe.
(c) Cut off all her toes.
(d) Chop off her heel.

5. In "The Cunning Little Tailor," what animal must the tailor spend the night with?
(a) A bear.
(b) A lion.
(c) A tiger.
(d) A bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What fairy tale motif is found in "The Peasant's Wise Daughter"?

2. What is the cracking noise heard at the end of "The Frog-King"?

3. What starts the chain reaction in "The Louse and the Flea"?

4. Why does one of the men in How Six Men Got on in the World wear a cap over one ear?

5. How does the witch in Hansel and Gretel die?

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