Grimm: The Brothers and Their Tales

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1. The Brothers Grimm have written approximately how many fairy tales? 150 210 250 290

2. "Grimm's Fairy Tales" are very popular with boys and girls. Which "boy" or "girl" fairy tale was NOT written by the Grimms? The Little Match Girl The Shepherd Boy The Goose-Girl The Poor Boy in the Grave

3. What are the first names of the Brothers Grimm? Klaus and Sigmund Karl and Freidrich Wilhelm and Jacob Hans and Manfried

4. Snow-White, from "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves," and Snow-White, from "Snow-White and Rose-Red," are the same character. True False

5. In "The Gallant Tailor," a giant reads "seven at one blow" on a tailor's belt and erroneously believes it to mean that the tailor had killed seven men in one blow. What had the tailor actually killed? seven spiders seven flies seven mice nothing, the phrase meant something entirely different

6. This Grimm fairy tale shares its name with a famous poem by Edgar Allan Poe. The Raven The Juniper Tree Annabel Lee Tamerlane

7. Complete the title of this Grimm Fairy Tale: "Poverty and Humility Lead to _______" Happiness Heaven Nowhere Despair

8. I helped a miller's daughter spin straw into gold for a king. I asked for her first-born child in return, but allowed her a reprieve if she could guess my name within three days. Can YOU guess my name? Scheherazade Rumpelstiltskin Rasputin Quetzalcoatl

9. In "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves," what does the Evil Queen do with the heart she believes belongs to Snow-White? She eats it. She burns it. She puts it in a glass display box. She buries it in her garden.

10. Finally, the Brothers Grimm were not only renowned in the area of literature, but also in what other field? linguistics history theatre mercantilism