What are the key questions posed in the text regarding Saltykov-Shchedrin's fairy tales?

Questions about Saltykov-Shchedrin's fairy tales:

• What other fairy tales by authors from different countries and by individual authors (Pushkin, Andersen, etc.) were you familiar with before reading Saltykov-Shchedrin's works?
• What distinguishes Shchedrin's fairy tales?
• What did the writer call the age group for whom they are intended? What does this mean?
• Were you able to discern the details of what you read? What vices do these fairy tales satirize, and against whom are they directed?
• Does the text contain hyperbole or grotesque? What role do they play? What is fantastic and what is real in the fairy tale?
• What genres of folklore did Shchedrin use? What elements of folklore are found in the writer's fairy tales?