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1. In the Grimms' fairytale "Brother and Sister", being ill treated by their stepmother they run into the forest. Their stepmother was a witch who puts a spell on all the spring water in the forest so when the brother drank from it, he turned into what?
2. One of Grimms' fairy tales is about a greedy wife that wants more and more. Starting with a hovel, she is given a cottage, then a castle; her husband becomes a king, an emperor, a pope with a cathedral; lastly, she wants to be God. The request is granted and she ends back with a hovel. What is the husband's original occupation?
3. The Grimms' fairy tale "Old Sultan" is about an old faithful dog whose owners decide to put it down as he was no longer able to guard the family's property. In an attempt to save Sultan's life, his friend came up with a cunning plan. What animal was his friend?
4. This fairy tale is about a princess who cannot speak or laugh for six years and she must sew six shirts out of starwort. Which fairy tale is it?
5. The moral of the fairy tale "King Thrushbeard" is that, if you are being over proud and snobbish, it will not do be to your advantage. The princess made fun of all her suitors and she said about one prince, "he has a chin like a thrush's beak". From that time on he was known as King Thrushbeard. How was she punished for her arrogance?
6. In the fairy tale "The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat", what happens to the cat?
7. "The Water of Life" is a fairy tale of three brothers separately searching for the water of life to save the life of their father. Two brothers are entombed into a mountain range, whereas the third brother is assisted in finding it. What creature does this?
8. "The Worn-out Dancing Shoes" is about 12 princesses who danced every night until they wore out their shoes. They were locked in their chamber (together) and appeared to have no way out, yet each night their dancing shoes were worn out. The king proclaimed that anyone who could solve the mystery would be able to choose one of the princesses to marry and would become king. Many tried and did not succeed, but a soldier discovered the truth with the assistance of an old woman, by not drinking wine and by using a coat of invisibility. True or False?
9. The scene is a poor woodcutter and his son. The son goes away to further his education but the money runs out. Home again, the son helps his father out woodcutting. Whilst out in the woods the son finds something; what is it?
10. The brothers Grimm have a story very similar to "Sleeping Beauty". Which one is it?
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