QUIZ: How Well Do You Know Fairy Tales?

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How nicely are you aware fairy tales? You might imagine you realize all of it, but when your solely information of fairy tales comes from Disney motion pictures, this quiz goes to be a problem. The unique fairy tales from the likes of the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Anderson, and Alexander Afanasyev solely resemble the variations you’ve seen on the large display screen in passing. Fairy tales and folklore handed down via phrase of mouth earlier than being collected — and even unique ones like these from Anderson and Pushkin — have a tendency towards a lot darker occurrences.

Think of fairy tales as the unique campfire horror tales you inform to scare the kiddos. These are the tales to maintain you up at night time. If you thought the darkish forest scenes in Snow White or the dragon in Sleeping Beauty had been scary, simply wait. This fairy tales quiz will set you straight.

I’ve at all times been fascinated by fairy tales and retellings. That’s no secret round right here. I’ve written about Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and Little Red Riding Hood retellings; genderbent fairy tales; queer fairy story retellings; and fairy story retellings for center grade readers. My love of fairy tales goes again to my childhood, but it surely wasn’t till I began studying the unique tales in class and even took a category on Russian fairy tales that I really began to grasp the scope of them. Fairy tales mirror tradition but in addition form and affect it via the concepts they perpetuate and the tales they encourage.

Now, in the event you suppose you’re prepared, enterprise into the realm of fairy tales and check your information. The excellent news is there aren’t any witches or tricksters mendacity in wait to punish you for incorrect solutions. The dangerous information is I get pleasure from a great little bit of trickery myself, so I haven’t made this simple for you. Are you up for the problem?