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Historical Origins of Folklore study set below.
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1
Which French author published 'Histoires ou contes du temps passé' in 1697, introducing Mother Goose?
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A
Charles Perrault
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B
Hans Christian Andersen
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C
Jacob Grimm
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D
Wilhelm Grimm
2
The Aesop's Fables are attributed to a storyteller who lived in which ancient region?
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A
Ancient Greece
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B
Ancient Rome
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C
Ancient Egypt
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D
Ancient China
3
In which century were the first volumes of the Brothers Grimm's 'Kinder- und Hausmärchen' published?
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A
19th century
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B
17th century
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C
18th century
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D
20th century
4
Hans Christian Andersen, the author of 'The Little Mermaid', was born in which country?
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A
Denmark
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B
Sweden
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C
Norway
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D
Germany
5
Which collection of ancient Indian fables, written in Sanskrit, is known as the 'Panchatantra'?
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A
Panchatantra
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B
Jataka Tales
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C
Arabian Nights
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D
Aesop's Fables
6
The character 'Cinderella' appears in a version written by Giambattista Basile titled 'La Gatta Cenere' in which language?
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A
Italian
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B
French
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C
German
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D
English
7
What is the primary source material used by the Brothers Grimm to compile their fairy tales?
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A
Oral folk traditions
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B
Original inventions
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C
Newspaper columns
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D
Political speeches
8
The 'One Thousand and One Nights' is a collection of Middle Eastern folktales compiled during which historical era?
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A
Islamic Golden Age
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B
Renaissance
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C
Industrial Revolution
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D
Victorian Era
9
Which German city is the setting for the famous fable 'The Town Musicians of Bremen'?
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A
Bremen
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B
Berlin
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C
Munich
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D
Hamburg
10
The Russian folklorist Alexander Afanasyev is known for collecting which type of stories?
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A
Russian fairy tales
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B
Greek myths
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C
African legends
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D
Roman fables
11
'The Emperor's New Clothes' is a literary fairy tale written by which Danish author?
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A
Hans Christian Andersen
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B
Jacob Grimm
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C
Charles Perrault
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D
Rudyard Kipling
12
In 1634, Giambattista Basile published 'Pentamerone', which is considered one of the earliest collections of what?
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A
European fairy tales
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B
Scientific journals
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C
Religious texts
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D
Mathematical proofs
13
The story of 'Beauty and the Beast' was first published by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in which year?
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A
1740
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B
1640
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C
1840
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D
1940
14
Which collection of Buddhist fables from India, dating back to the 4th century BCE, focus on the previous lives of the Buddha?
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A
Jataka Tales
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B
Panchatantra
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C
Vedas
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D
Upanishads
15
'Rapunzel' was included in the 1812 collection of fairy tales published by which siblings?
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A
Grimm Brothers
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B
Perrault Brothers
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C
Andersen Brothers
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D
Wright Brothers
16
The story 'The Three Little Pigs' was first recorded in print in the 1840s in which country?
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A
England
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B
France
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C
Italy
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D
Russia
17
Who translated the first English edition of 'Grimms' Fairy Tales' in 1823?
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A
Edgar Taylor
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B
Charles Dickens
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C
Lewis Carroll
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D
Oscar Wilde
18
The fable 'The Tortoise and the Hare' is traditionally credited to which historical figure?
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A
Aesop
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B
Homer
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C
Socrates
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D
Plato
19
'Sleeping Beauty' appears in the 1697 collection by Charles Perrault under what title?
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A
La Belle au bois dormant
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B
The Sleeping Girl
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C
The Princess's Nap
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D
The Forest Sleep
20
Folklore studies categorize fairy tales using which classification system?
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A
Aarne-Thompson-Uther index
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B
Dewey Decimal System
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C
ISBN
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D
Library of Congress
