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1. When I was little, my father would read a story to my brother and I every night, from what we called “The Blue Book.” Every date of the year had a different story, and my birthday (February 1) was The Princess and the Pea. Great memories!

   posted by Megan on 8-14-2008 at 10:36 am

2. 100%, although I thought some stories predated Anderson and Grimm -especially Cinderella, which originated in China (land of the small foot fetish). If the story has a moral, its Aesop. If it has a happy ending, its Anderson. If it’s dreadfully scary, it’s Grimm.

   posted by Miss Cellania on 8-14-2008 at 10:38 am

3. 100% I knew that M.A. in children’s literature would be worth something. Yes – I’m the same person who said that for the recent Shakespeare quiz. Can you say Student Loans everyone?

   posted by Christina on 8-14-2008 at 10:43 am

4. 100%

   I am a little surprised that I knew so much about fairy tales.

   posted by MikeTrig on 8-14-2008 at 10:46 am

5. Aced it too! :)

   The Brother’s Grimm stories always a grim!

   posted by beth on 8-14-2008 at 10:55 am

6. I had the Little Mermaid story (the real one) and I never really listened too it because I loved the illustrations so much. When I got older and figured out the story I was kind of sad, but it started my lifelong obsession with fairy tales- I had all the Grimm stories too, and I was almost always the first one to pipe up in several classes if we got on the subject of disney movies with “That’s not the real thing, you know..” Yeah..English majors rock.

   posted by Caitlin on 8-14-2008 at 11:16 am

7. 87%. Not terrible. At least I know more about the stories I suppose. . . it’s always fun to see what people think about the real (not Disney) endings of fairy tales.

   posted by Sarah on 8-14-2008 at 11:25 am

8. 73%…not that great really, but not horrendous.

   posted by Kolja on 8-14-2008 at 12:35 pm

9. I loved this quiz! I honestly didn’t do too well, but I got all the answers right for the Brothers Grimm.

   Did you know Repunzal wouldn’t have been cast out of the castle had she not said “Grandmother, why are my clothes getting tighter?”

   That prince kept coming to visit her, get it? But that was changed because it was too taboo for children.
   I think there was another one about her asking “Why are you so much heavier to pull up than the prince?” too.

   posted by Emily on 8-14-2008 at 1:55 pm

10. 13/15…and i knew i was making them wrong but didnt both to change them…very fun, i used the same logic, scary grimm, happy anderson, meaning aesop…

    reCAPTCHA & Awakening

    posted by Julia on 8-14-2008 at 1:58 pm

11. 93% 14/15

    I must have been getting “The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs” confused with “The Golden Goose” by the Grimms.

    I think I remember it now though. Does he get impatient and chop open the goose expecting to find more gold inside?

    posted by Nerak on 8-14-2008 at 6:32 pm

12. Nerak’s results are EXACTLY the same as mine.
    freaky, and all thanks to a “Hans Christian Andersen” story collection.

    reCAPTCHA: writers Keeler
    (does anyone know wat keeler means?)

    posted by Marcus on 8-14-2008 at 6:38 pm

13. Christina,

    Where does one get a MA in Children’s Lit?

    I’d love to add that to my MLIS…

    posted by Anonymous on 8-14-2008 at 9:01 pm

14. 93% I flubbed the Goose one.

    That blue book – Andrew Lang’s The Blue Fairy Book. Lang collected fairy tales, the basic ones are in the Red and Blue, but I’ve actually read the Vermilion and Chartreuse… really wierd, religious allegory stuff… but Fairy Tales are awesome.

    Did you all know that the original Sleeping Beauty features rape and cannibalism? Take that, Disney!

    posted by Mare on 8-14-2008 at 11:29 pm

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