Rumpelstiltskin: Story, Questions & Answers: 18 flashcards
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1. What does the miller boast about his daughter?
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That she can spin straw into gold.
2. What is the inciting incident of the story?
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The miller's boast to the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold.
3. What does the king demand of the miller's daughter?
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That she spin straw into gold or face death.
4. What is the little man's first price for spinning the straw?
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The daughter's necklace.
5. What is the little man's second price?
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The daughter's ring.
6. What is the little man's third and final price?
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The daughter's first-born child.
7. Why does the king marry the miller's daughter?
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Because she has made him rich by spinning straw into gold.
8. What does the little man return to claim years later?
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The queen's first-born child.
9. What chance does the little man give the queen to keep her child?
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Three days to guess his name.
10. How does the queen learn the little man's name?
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A messenger overhears the little man singing a song that reveals his name: Rumpelstiltskin.
11. What happens to the little man when the queen says his name?
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He is so angry that he tears himself in two (in many versions).
12. Who is the real hero of the story?
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The queen, who uses cleverness and listening to save her child.
13. What does the king represent in the story?
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Greed and power.
14. What is the moral of Rumpelstiltskin?
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Do not make careless promises or boast; think before you promise, especially when desperate.
15. What structural tool does the story use to build tension?
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Repetition — three nights of spinning and three days of name-guessing.
16. Why is the name-guessing game important?
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The little man's power depends on being unknown; knowing his name gives the queen power over him.
17. What common mistake do learners make about Rumpelstiltskin?
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Thinking he is the hero because he spins the gold; he is actually an antagonist and trickster.
18. Who collected the story of Rumpelstiltskin?
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The Brothers Grimm.
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