Cinderella – the Roald Dahl version – a quick quiz

By Rosamund Place | November 26, 2008

Do you notice how much of the humour lies in how unlike a conventional heroine Cinderella is in Roald Dahl’s re-working of the story?
When you have listened to the original version and the modern version, see if you can remember which was which!

 

1. [Multiple choice]

Is Cinderella rude and brattish in Roald Dahl’s poem?

Answers for Quiz [1].

  • 1. Yes, she is. (correct)
  • 2. No, she isn’t.

2. [Multiple choice]

Does one of the ‘Ugly Sisters’ pick up the shoe in the original story?

Answers for Quiz [2].

  • 1. Yes, she does.
  • 2. No, she doesn’t. (correct)

3. [Multiple choice]

Does the prince chop off heads in Roald Dahl’s version?

(Notice how he shouts and yells – ‘Try this instead!’ the Prince yelled back.’ – very ill-mannered and unprincely!)

Answers for Quiz [3].

  • 1. Yes (correct)
  • 2. No

4. [Multiple choice]

Are you surprised to hear the prince put Cinderella’s shoe on a crate of beer?

Answers for Quiz [4].

  • 1. No, because that featured in the original story.
  • 2. Yes, because it seems a bit careless of him. (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

The glass slipper was found

Answers for Quiz [5].

  • 1. in the modern version….
  • 2. just in the original account
  • 3. in both stories (correct)

6. [Multiple choice]

Does the original Cinderella marry the prince?

(The idea of Cinderella changing her mind when the prince proposes in the modern version is extremely funny!)

Answers for Quiz [6].

  • 1. Yes, she does, and she lives happily ever after. (correct)
  • 2. No, she doesn’t, and she lives to regret the fact that she didn’t.

7. [Multiple choice]

Do you remember someone flushing something down the toilet in the traditional story?

(– this is an outrageous bit of slapstick detail to add – you can tell the author was having great fun inventing anything he liked, and not sticking to the original story.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

  • 1. Yes, I do, actually.
  • 2. No, I don’t, because it didn’t happen. (correct)

8. [Multiple choice]

Do you remember Cinderella running out in her underwear in the traditional story?

(– she simply lost her shoe – or her slipper.)

Answers for Quiz [8].

  • 1. Yes
  • 2. No (correct)

9. [Multiple choice]

What would you call a child who yells ‘Get me to the ball!’?

Answers for Quiz [9].

  • 1. a well-brought-up child
  • 2. a brat (correct)
  • 3. a delightful girl
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