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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 does the boy's grandmother, Miss Sally, think of Uncle Remus' stories?
2. How is Brer Rabbit's idea of sewing the dog's mouth shut like the Aesop fable of the Mice and the Cat?
3. Who does the blacksmith figure out will be his visitor?
4. How does Uncle Remus have Brer Rabbit interfere in the human world?
5. What does the fox try to do to the mud turtle?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the little boy stymied in his efforts to slip up on Uncle Remus to scare him?
2. Describe the secret of Brer Rabbit's laughing place.
3. What is the outcome of Aunt Tempy's tale of Brother Rabbit Ties Mr. Lion?
4. What is the lesson of the Doodang?
5. Explain how Uncle Remus relates superstitious ideas about scientific phenomena.
6. What is the news Uncle Remus rlates to the boy on the night of Christmas Eve?
7. What Aesop fable is similar to Uncle Remus's tale, Brother Rabbit Takes a Walk?
8. How does Uncle Remus convince the boy that Brer Rabbit sometimes was not the smartest creature in the whole creation?
9. What is the influence that the little boy's mother relies on in bring up the boy thereby affecting his imagination?
10. Relate Uncle Remus's tale about duplicity on the part of the bear in dealing with the alligator.
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 Personification of Animals in the Uncle Remus Tales. (1) Give examples of personification of animals that sets them apart from other animals in the tales, (2) how personification of the animals changes their habits, and (3) how the personification allows for human gullibility and bad behavior.
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, Family Tradition in The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus. Discuss in your essay (1) the three generations of children (presumably, Miss Sally once heard the tales as a girl) who come to hear Uncle Remus's tales, (2) the relationship of the white family with the colored slaves over those generations, and (3) the changing attitudes of the various mothers mentioned in the book.
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