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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which individual linked fairy tales to "elementary thoughts" and even "national thoughts," notions that might be precursors to Jung?
2. In describing the distinction between myth and fairy tale, Von Franz uses a metaphor of a skeleton to what?
3. Who wrote The Primitive Races of Mankind?
4. What term refers to a core pattern of emotions, memories, perceptions, and wishes in the personal unconscious organized around a common theme, such as power or status?
5. According to Von Franz, what figure in a tale represents a restoration of the accord between ego and self?
Short Essay Questions
1. What suggestion is made regarding Christianity and myth in Chapter 2?
2. What are the first steps in interpreting a fairy tale?
3. What does the king represent in "The Three Feathers" according to von Franz?
4. What impact did the Brothers Grimm have on interest in the fairy tale? What efforts were made to trace fairy tale origins?
5. When did interest in the fairy tale as an intellectual subject arise? Who associated fables with Christianity?
6. Who founded the Finnish School and what associations did it have with fairy tales?
7. How does the Jungian system of interpretation differ from other approaches, according to the author?
8. What is the response of the brothers after the ring has been found in "The Three Feathers"?
9. How do archetypal stories arise, according to the author?
10. In describing the history of the fairy tale and its origins in Chapter 1, what ancient writers are discussed?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role of the "female shadow" in the story "Shaggy Top." What symbolism is used in this story? How does it support the role of the shadow?
Essay Topic 2
What theorists believe that fairy tales derived from myth? How does the author believe in this regard?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the symbolism of the ring imagery in the story "The Three Feathers." What different meanings are ascribed to the ring? How do they apply to the story?
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