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1. "'Dear child, remain pious and good, and then our dear God will always protect you, and I will look down on you from heaven and be near you.' With this she closed her eyes and died."
The quote is from an 1857 Grimm Brothers' edition of a classic fairytale. A girl's moral mother died and an immoral stepmother with two daughters of her own later took control. What is the name of the girl?
2. "There was a very fine christening; and the princess had for her godmothers all the fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of fairies in those days."
Based on the Charles Perrault tale, which princess had a christening? Uh-oh, they failed to invite a wicked fairy to the event, too.
3. "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp" features a sultan, which is, by definition, a ruler of a Muslim country. This tale also includes which of these, which actually connects to Islam?
4. The Grimm Brothers have a fairytale titled "Mary's Child", which appears to be influenced by Roman Catholicism. Which is true about the plot?
5. It's interesting that Hans Christian Andersen had such a middle name because some of his tales included Christian ideas, or at least ones inspired by Christianity.
Andersen identifies the loveliest rose in the world as Jesus Christ in "The Loveliest Rose in the World". What King James Bible verse does the story quote?
6. The Judeo-Christian concept of a man and a woman marrying and becoming one flesh is somewhat alluded to in this Hans Christian Andersen tale, but it is changed a little.
In which tale does a grandmother tell her youngest granddaughter that if she could marry a man, she would inherit his soul?
7. The Grimm Brothers' "The Twelve Brothers" is centered around the Bible's twelve tribes of Israel.
8. Which religious or spiritually inspired adjective does "Little Snow White" use to describe Snow White's stepmother?
9. Charles Perrault's version of "Cinderella" features remarkable forgiveness, not unlike the kind that Joseph portrayed in the book of Genesis. Who did Cinderella forgive and for what?
10. In the Grimm Brothers' "The Fisherman and His Wife", a magical flounder granted most of the wife's wishes. She asked to be a king, an emperor, and the pope; the flounder had no problem with these requests. However, the flounder could not and would not grant the fisherman's wife's wish to be like whom?
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