Question

Read the excerpt from "How the Grimm Brothers Saved the Fairy Tale."

Answer 1

Answer: Between C and D (I think you can figure it out. But, in my opinion the answer is D)

Explanation: The central idea is on First Edition “All of the tales in the first edition bear the marks of their diverse storytellers who believed in the magic, superstitions...” and the main focus is on how the First Edition was formed and came to be “Evidence shows that these people often obtained their tales from illiterate or anonymous informants.”

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer is The Grimms collected stories about real living conditions from people they trusted.

Explanation:

This excerpt shows as a central idea how the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm managed to publish their stories based on real stories of people they had met. These stories told in a rather crude and realistic way, the experiences of literate people whom the Grimm knew very well.

According to the excerpt, the Grimm brothers trusted all the people they knew, which made their stories something special.

Therefore, we can say that the central idea of this excerpt is The Grimms collected stories about real living conditions from people they trusted.