Whatever You Want Me to Be Quiz | Literature

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1. In which story does the baby belonging to the Duchess turn into a pig?

Answer: Alice in Wonderland

"Alice in Wonderland" was written in 1865 by Lewis Carroll. In Chapter Six, "Pig and Pepper", Alice arrives at the Duchess's house. Soup is being cooked, pepper is spilled and there are sneezes aplenty. The Duchess's baby, when handed to Alice, promptly turns into a pig.

2. What does Pinocchio turn into in "The Adventures of Pinocchio"?

Answer: Real boy

"The Adventures of Pinocchio" was written in 1881 by Italian author Carlo Collodi. Pinocchio is a wooden marionette carved by his creator Geppetto. Many adventures later, Pinocchio did a good deed for the Fairy and she in turn made him a real boy.

3. In the story of Cinderella, mice are turned into which creatures?

Answer: Horses

There are multiple versions of the "Cinderella" story, some as early as 1634. The story was included in the 1812 folk tale collection "Grimm's Fairy Tales", which led to its popularity. The basic story has Cinderella wanting to go to the castle ball, but her stepmother will not allow it, insisting that Cinderella do her chores.

A fairy godmother appears, provides her with a dress, a coach and footmen and she goes to the ball.

4. In "Cinderella", the Fairy Godmother changes which creatures into footmen?

Answer: Lizards

The Fairy Godmother turns a pumpkin into a coach, six mice into horses, a rat into a coachmen and six lizards into footmen. Cinderella's rags were turned into a beautiful ballgown. The Fairy Godmother gave her only one warning, that she return home by midnight, or else all would return to what it was before.

5. In "The Frog Prince", the frog requires three things from the princess in return for retrieving her golden ball: remove him from the pond, let him sleep on her bed and which third thing? Unknown to her, this would break his curse and transform him back to a man.

Answer: Let him eat from her plate

"The Frog Prince" is best known from the collections of The Brothers Grimm. In the original version, the curse was broken when the princess threw the frog against a wall. Modern versions of the story have the princess kissing the frog to break his curse.

6. In the Hans Christian Andersen story "The Ugly Duckling", what does the ugly duckling turn into?

Answer: Beautiful swan

"The Ugly Duckling" was written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1843. A duckling egg hatches to a mother duck, and is teased and bullied by other barnyard animals due to not being as attractive as the other birds. To his and the other animals' surprise, he grows into a beautiful swan.

7. Although not a conventional fairy tale, in the "Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", Eustace Scrubb is turned into what mythological creature?

Answer: Dragon

"The Chronicles of Narnia" are a set of seven books written by C.S. Lewis from 1949 - 1956. In "The Voyage of the Dawntreader", Eustace Scrubb is drawn into Narnia with two of the Pevensie children, and they sail on the ship called the Dawntreader. While in Narnia, Eustace wanders from the ship and falls asleep on a dragon's hoard.

He is then turned into a dragon when he tries to steal some of the treasure. Only with the help of Aslan the lion is he able to turn back to human.

8. In the story of "Puss in Boots", Puss meets an ogre that can change into different creatures. The ogre changes into a lion, and then Puss fools the ogre into changing into which creature?

Answer: Mouse

Versions of "Puss in Boots" go as far back as 1550. The tales of "Puss in Boots" have been made popular in the "Mother Goose Tales" in the English speaking world. In this particular tale, the ogre changes to a lion to frighten Puss. Puss convinces him to change into a mouse and Puss eats him.

9. In the Aesop's fable "The Cat Maiden", a cat was changed to a maiden by a god. At her wedding feast a mouse was released and the maiden pounced on the mouse. Which principle was the god trying to prove?

Answer: Nature will out

Venus and Jupiter argued over living beings being able to change their natures. Jupiter believed it was so and Venus did not. Jupiter changed the cat to a maiden and gave her a husband, saying that this proved his theory. When Venus unleashed the mouse, the maiden pounced on the mouse, proving Venus's stance.

10. In "Jack and the Beanstalk", the giant says a rhyme where he threatens to transform parts of Jack into what?

Answer: Bread

In the story "Jack and the Beanstalk", originally written in 1734 and re-written into the more conventional story we know today by Joseph Jacobs in 1890, Jack has found himself in the giant's castle. The giant speaks the rhyme:

"Fee-fi-fo-fum!
I smell the blood of an Englishman,
Be he alive, or be he dead,
I'll grind his bones to make my bread"

When the giant falls asleep, Jack steals gold and escapes down the beanstalk.

Source: Author kino76

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