1. When did Tsar Saltan get married? 1) on the same evening 2) on the following day 3) the next morning 4) after a day 2. Why

1. When did Tsar Saltan get married? 1) on the same evening 2) on the following day 3) the next morning 4) after a day
2. Why was Tsar Saltan not present during his wife’s childbirth? Write it down.
3. Insert the missing words in the letter from the weaver, cook, and midwife of Baba Babarikha to Tsar Saltan. «She gave birth at night, not a son, not a daughter; not here, not there, but where?»
4. How many days after being imprisoned in a barrel did the queen and her son gain their freedom? 1) one 2) two 3) three 4) four
5. What did the prince think when he found himself on a hill in a wide field? Write it down. Why couldn’t he accomplish what he had planned?
6. From what type of tree did the prince make a strong bow? 1) aspen 2) birch 3) oak 4) alder
7. In what language did the Swan Princess speak? Write it down.
8. In which direction from the island of Buyan was the realm of the mighty Tsar Saltan located? 1) to the east 2) to the west 3) to the north 4) to the south
9. Arrange in the correct order the transformations of Prince Guidon. What did the Swan Princess do to turn Prince Guidon into different insects? Write it down.
10. List all the wonders seen by the shipbuilders on the glorious island of Buyan.
11. «The cores are pure emerald.» What color is the emerald? 1) red 2) blue 3) green 4) turquoise
12. What song did the squirrel sing to the entire honest people? 1) «In the field, a birch tree stood» 2) «Kalinka-Malinka» 3) «The younger one walked» 4) «In the garden or in the orchard»
13. Why do you think the prince posted a guard at the squirrel’s house? Write it down.
14. With which amphibians does A.S. Pushkin compare the weaver, cook, and midwife Baba Babarikha?
15. Prince Guidon wanted to go for his bride «EVEN FOR THREE TIMES NINE LANDS.» Explain the idiom «to go for three times nine lands.»
16. «Prince Guidon rules the city; everyone praises him diligently…» Think about why the people praised Prince Guidon. Write it down.
17. Restore the sequence of events in the tale. Substitution of the decree. Rescuing the princess from the evil crow. Tsar Saltan chooses a wife. The sea journey of the queen and Guidon. Meeting Saltan with his family. Adventures of Guidon.
18. Illustrations for the tale were created by I. Bilibin. Write down which other tales were illustrated by I. Bilibin.