diff --git a/python2/koans/about_asserts.py b/python2/koans/about_asserts.py
index 61b53ada1..8905cb3b2 100644
--- a/python2/koans/about_asserts.py
+++ b/python2/koans/about_asserts.py
@@ -15,26 +15,26 @@ def test_assert_truth(self):
         #
         #   http://bit.ly/about_asserts
 
-        self.assertTrue(False)  # This should be true
+        self.assertTrue(True)  # This should be true
 
     def test_assert_with_message(self):
         """
         Enlightenment may be more easily achieved with appropriate messages.
         """
-        self.assertTrue(False, "This should be true -- Please fix this")
+        self.assertTrue(True, "This should be true -- Please fix this")
 
     def test_fill_in_values(self):
         """
         Sometimes we will ask you to fill in the values
         """
-        self.assertEqual(__, 1 + 1)
+        self.assertEqual(2, 1 + 1)
 
     def test_assert_equality(self):
         """
         To understand reality, we must compare our expectations against
         reality.
         """
-        expected_value = __
+        expected_value = 2
         actual_value = 1 + 1
         self.assertTrue(expected_value == actual_value)
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ def test_a_better_way_of_asserting_equality(self):
         """
         Some ways of asserting equality are better than others.
         """
-        expected_value = __
+        expected_value = 2
         actual_value = 1 + 1
 
         self.assertEqual(expected_value, actual_value)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def test_that_unittest_asserts_work_the_same_way_as_python_asserts(self):
         """
 
         # This throws an AssertionError exception
-        assert False
+        assert True
 
     def test_that_sometimes_we_need_to_know_the_class_type(self):
         """
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def test_that_sometimes_we_need_to_know_the_class_type(self):
         #
         # See for yourself:
 
-        self.assertEqual(__, "naval".__class__) # It's str, not <type 'str'>
+        self.assertEqual(str, "naval".__class__) # It's str, not <type 'str'>
 
         # Need an illustration? More reading can be found here:
         #
diff --git a/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py b/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py
index 8591b5439..8458665db 100644
--- a/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py
+++ b/python2/koans/about_dictionaries.py
@@ -13,40 +13,40 @@ def test_creating_dictionaries(self):
         empty_dict = dict()
         self.assertEqual(dict, type(empty_dict))
         self.assertEqual(dict(), empty_dict)
-        self.assertEqual(__, len(empty_dict))
+        self.assertEqual(0, len(empty_dict))
 
     def test_dictionary_literals(self):
         empty_dict = {}
         self.assertEqual(dict, type(empty_dict))
         babel_fish = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
-        self.assertEqual(__, len(babel_fish))
+        self.assertEqual(2, len(babel_fish))
 
     def test_accessing_dictionaries(self):
         babel_fish = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
-        self.assertEqual(__, babel_fish['one'])
-        self.assertEqual(__, babel_fish['two'])
+        self.assertEqual('uno', babel_fish['one'])
+        self.assertEqual('dos', babel_fish['two'])
 
     def test_changing_dictionaries(self):
         babel_fish = {'one': 'uno', 'two': 'dos'}
         babel_fish['one'] = 'eins'
 
-        expected = {'two': 'dos', 'one': __}
+        expected = {'two': 'dos', 'one': 'eins'}
         self.assertEqual(expected, babel_fish)
 
     def test_dictionar