The Bear Bitch’s Project

Happily Ever After: The Quiz

10/10 CORRECT!

1

Correct!

The wicked queen in "Snow White" finally brings Snow White down with a poisoned apple.

The end of the story is the best part: The evil queen has to dance to death in a pair of red-hot iron shoes. Happily ever after, indeed.

2

Correct!

The poor Little Mermaid so longs to be human and to woo her prince that she gives up the one thing that will make him recognize her: her voice.

And, unlike the Disney version, the original Hans Christian Andersen tale ends with the Little Mermaid losing her love and turning into a spirit of the air who will have to wait 300 years until she’s allowed an immortal soul.

3

Correct!

While Beauty’s vile sisters demand that their father bring them gold and silks from town, all Beauty requests is a rose. Sadly, that’s the one thing the merchant is not allowed to take from the enchanted castle where he finds shelter from an unexpected storm. He eats, drinks, and sleeps without incident, but as soon as he picks a rose for his daughter, the Beast appears and demands the merchant’s life or the life of one of his children.

Good thing for everyone that (a) Beauty insists on taking her father’s place, and (b) Beauty’s charms soothe the grumpy Beast!

4

Correct!

The poor miller’s daughter in "Rumpelstiltskin" has a hard time of it. First her father brags to the king that she can spin straw into gold. The king says that if she can do this amazing thing, she’ll be queen. But if not, she’ll die. Enter Rumpelstiltskin. He promises to spin the straw into gold for her if she will give him her first-born child–a bargain that she readily strikes.

How does the story end? The queen keeps the baby (phew!), and Rumpelstiltskin becomes so angry that he literally tears himself in two.

5

Correct!

Jack’s mother thinks him very stupid when he trades their cow for five magic beans. However, she changes her tune when Jack begins stealing from the ogres who live in the sky at the top of the beanstalk. First Jack steals a sack of gold, then he steals a hen that lays golden eggs whenever you say, "Lay." Finally he steals the ogres’ golden harp that sings on command. So think twice before you sell your cow for boring old cash. You might want to hold out for some magic beans.

6

Correct!

In "Puss in Boots," the youngest of the miller’s sons is disappointed when all he inherits from his father is a cat–but he soon learns how valuable one cat can be. The cat tricks the king of the realm into thinking that the miller’s son is the marquis of Carabas. And how does the cat procure a castle for the faux marquis? Why he tricks the local ogre into turning into a mouse, of course, then eats him all up. The ogre’s castle is perfect for a marquis, especially a fake marquis with ambitions to marry the king’s daughter.

7

Correct!

Despite the best efforts of the king and queen, the wicked fairy’s curse still comes to pass: The princess pricks her finger on a spindle (which is part of a spinning wheel) and falls into a hundred-year slumber.

Thank goodness for princes in love, though. After a century, just the right prince comes along to break the enchantment and kiss the princess awake again.

8

Correct!

Bluebeard’s curious wife doesn’t merely find the corpses of all his other wives, she finds them "ranged against the walls" in a room "covered over with clotted blood." And how does Bluebeard know that the nosy one has peeped into his closet? The creepy closet’s keyhole permanently stains the key with blood.

9

Correct!

The evil stepmother tells her first daughter, "A queen has no need to go about on foot. Cut off one of your toes and your foot will fit the shoe." The prince, strangely enough, falls for this ruse and doesn’t notice that his new bride has mutilated herself until a little bird points out that the girl is trailing blood everywhere. Once discovered, the girl is returned to her family and exchanged for the next sister, who cleverly cuts off her heel instead of her toe. The bird is onto her too, though, and makes the same observation about all the blood pouring from the second sister’s foot.

10

Correct!

The whole reason that Rapunzel has to live in the tower and let down her hair is that her mother craved the beautiful green rapunzel that grew in the evil sorceress’s garden. She craved this yummy, leafy vegetable so much, in fact, that she pined for it until she was near to death and her desperate husband finally had to steal some.