Fact Questions for
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

"The Emperor's New Clothes"

What was the Emperor "passionately fond" of?

Why does the Emperor want the weavers to make the magical clothes?

Why did the Emperor want to send someone else to see the clothes before he did?

Why did all the Emperor's men who went to see the new cloth say they saw it when they did not?

Why did the Emperor wear clothes he could not see?

Who is the first one to say that the Emperor is not wearing any clothes?

Why do you the think the mermaids like to hear about the world of the humans?

What did the eldest princess like the best?(45)

What did the second sister like the best?

What happens when the mermaids are able to see the world above the ocean whenever they like?(47)

Who does the youngest mermaid save?

Why doesn't the handsome young prince know that the little mermaid saved him?

How can a mermaid gain an immortal soul?(56)

What does the sea witch tell the the little mermaid she must do to become a human?

Why do you think she is willing to do this?

Who marries the prince?

What happens to the mermaid after she flings the knife into the sea?