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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. What do "The Story of Schlauraffen Land" and "Ditmars Tale of Wonders" have in common?

2. Which of the following animals is not mentioned in "The Duration of Life"?

3. What common fairy tale element is found in "The Heavenly Wedding"?

4. Who does Two-Eyes end up marrying in "One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes"?

5. What does the girl have to steal away from the old woman in "The Old Woman in the Wood"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does The Gold Key have no proper ending?

2. What is understood about the maiden in The Maid of Brakel?

3. What is The Twelve Apostles about?

4. What is the lesson of The Crumbs on the Table?

5. Compare Lazy Harry and Lean Lisa.

6. Laziness is discussed in both The Three Sluggards and The Twelve Idle Servants. What is different between the two tales?

7. What is the lesson to be learned in Death's Messengers?

8. What is the lesson behind The Three Army Surgeons?

9. What is the moral of The Two Travelers?

10. What is the story The Ungrateful Son about? Who is the target audience?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prince Charming is not a term used specifically in the fairy tales but the idea of a Prince Charming is found in many of the tales. Discuss what the idea of a fairy tale prince is. Compare and contrast the various prince characters in the different tales. What behavioral codes do these princes tend to follow? What is the modern idea of a prince and is it similar to the idea of a fairy tale prince?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the idea of beauty in fairy tales. What is beauty? How is it portrayed in the fairy tales? What do the fairy tales say about beauty? What perceptions about beauty do the fairy tales express to society and does society follow these perceptions? Use specific examples to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Although the fairy tales do not exactly end with the words "and they lived happily ever after," this is the general concept of the endings of fairy tales. Discuss what Happily Ever After means and how it is expressed in the fairy tales. Are the endings all similar or are there differences? Is every ending happy? If so, who is it happy for? Use specific examples to support your claims.

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