Hans Christian Andersen Flashcards

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Andersen was one of the worlds great

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makers of fairy tales

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What culture was Andersen born into

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an earthly Danish culture in which the telling of folktales was prominent

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what did Andersen believe?

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that he would rise to fame and fortune

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what was It like when Andersen began writing

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Romanticism in art and literature placed a great premium on things rustic and primitive

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5
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when was Andersen born

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1805

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where was Andersen born

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Odense, Denmark

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7
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how man siblings did Andersen have

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h was the only child to poor parents

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what did Andersens father do

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he was a shoemaker

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what did Andersens mother do

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a laundress and alcoholic, superstitious and nearly illiterate

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What did Andersen do at the age of 15

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went to Copenhagen to become an actor or in some other way famous

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what occupations did Andersen try

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acting, ballet, singing and playwriting

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12
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when did Andersen publish his first novel

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1835

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13
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what was Andersen’s first novel

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The Improvisatore

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What were Andersen’s first Fairy Tales

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The Tinder Box, Little Claus and Big Claus, Little Ida’s Flowers and the Princess and the Pea

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What was Andersen’s greatest success

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was with young and grown up romantics who liked his fairytales

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16
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What was the name of Andersen’s memoirs

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The Fairy Tale of My Life

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17
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what didn’t Andersen do

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he never married, or had a home, and never felt content that his fame was real

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18
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how many fairy tales and short stories did Andersen write

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168

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19
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What is Andersen often given credit for

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introducing to Danish literature an informal, idiomatic style

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20
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who wrote the Princess and the Pea

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Andersen

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21
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in the princess and the pea, what happened in the middle of the storm

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someone knocked at the town gate

22
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the pea was placed under what

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20 mattresses and 20 feather beds

23
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what happened to the pea

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it was put into a museum

24
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where did the empereor spend all of his time

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in his dressing room

25
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what did the swindlers say they were

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weavers

26
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what was special about the clothes that they wove

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the clothes became invisible to the unfit and fools

27
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who was the first person the king sent to check on the clothes

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the minister

28
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who points out that he is not wearing clothes

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a child in the audience

29
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what did the swindlers demand

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silk and gold thread

30
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how many tin soldiers were there

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five and twenty

31
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how were the tin soldiers realted

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they were brothers, all offspring from the same old tin spoon

32
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what color were the tin soldiers uniforms

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the smartest red and blue

33
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how was the steadfast tin soldier different

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he only had one leg

34
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what was the chief thing on the table that caught the eye

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the delightful paper castle

35
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in the tin soldier, what was the prettiest thing of all

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the little maiden

36
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in the tin soldier, who were the only 2 who did not move

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the tin soldier and the dancer

37
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what happened when the clock struck 12

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the lid of the snuffbox flew off and out popped the black goblin

38
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In the tin soldier, what happened in the morning

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the tin soldier fell out of the window from the 3rd story

39
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how did the soldier land when he fell out of the window

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his leg in the air, resting on his cap, his bayontette resting between 2 paved stones

40
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who found the tin soldier first

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two street boys

41
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what did the two street boys do with the tin soldier

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they put him in a boat made out of newspaper

42
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where did the newspaper boat drift

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under a long wooden tunnel

43
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(tin soldier) what came up out of the tunnel

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a big water rat

44
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(tin soldier) where did the stream lead

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to the big canal

45
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no one could say of the tin soldier that he ever

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winced

46
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what happened when the tin soldier fell through the boat

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he was swallowed by a big fish

47
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where did the soldier end up after the big fish

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in the same room where he had begun

48
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what did the boys In the room do to the tin soldier

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they threw him into the fire

49
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what happened to the little dancer

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air caught her and blew her into the fire

50
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what was left of the tin soldier

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a lump of tin in the shape of a heart

51
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what was left of the dancer

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her spangle, black as coal