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This passage implies that prior to the publication of Children's and Household Tales,

(A)there were few references to wicked stepmothers in folktales
(B)storytelling was an exclusively oral tradition
(C)there was little interest in stories told by common people
(D)children had little time for entertainment


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All right Reading shmoop er's let's get to the question

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here right there This past implies that prior to the

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publication of children's and household tails what happened Let's go

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back and read this thing The publication of jacob and

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wilhelm grimm's children's and household tails two hundred years ago

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fucked enormous interest in traditional story as told among the

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common folk the common people inspired by the grimm's methods

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researchers began venturing outside the library and into villages to

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collect colorful tales of magical beast wicked stepmothers enchanted objects

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and unrelenting heroes Not one of the most exciting discoveries

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to come from these studies was the repetition of the

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same plots among different societies and ethnic groups right rich

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and poor We all likes us Ah good wicked stepmother

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The passage starts off by saying the publication of children's

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and household tail sparked interest in stories told by common

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people So it's reasonable to infer that there wasn't a

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whole lot of interest before then Well that's essentially what

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sparked means here and well that it started the whole

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thing So the answer is c there was little interest

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in stories told by common people before this it alright

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loser Bolt well although it would be interesting if it

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did the text doesn't discuss the number references The wicked

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stepmothers in the past and doesn't state that storytelling was

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an oral tradition And also although kids back in the

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day probably did have a lot less time for entertainment

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well that's Not something we can infer from the text

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So all those go away The answer is C

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