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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The child must resign the story so s/he can go where?
(a) Church.
(b) School.
(c) Bed.
(d) Dinner.

2. A person's dreams are typically formed on what level?
(a) Subconscious.
(b) Childhood.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Fantasy.

3. What is it called when a story is told to one generation and then another?
(a) Gatherings.
(b) Oral tradition.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Storytelling.

4. Fairy tales are often thought to provide what to a child?
(a) A vivid imagination.
(b) Delusions.
(c) Valuable learning experiences.
(d) Nightmares.

5. What does the fisherman find in his net?
(a) Talking fish.
(b) Copper pot.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Mermaid.

6. What story does the little girl relate to her mother?
(a) Little Red Riding Hood.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Sleeping Beauty.
(d) Snow White.

7. A person with no experience in fairy tales may not understand the difference between which two objects?
(a) Internal and external worlds.
(b) Ego and superego.
(c) Fantasy and reality.
(d) Good and evil.

8. Stories may also help children deal with what kind of family situation?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Neglect.
(d) Sibling rivalry.

9. One or more of the main characters is related to which food?
(a) Honey.
(b) Beans.
(c) Gingerbread.
(d) Fish.

10. Fairy tales most often deal with what?
(a) External forces.
(b) Internal conflicts.
(c) Maintaining faith.
(d) Magical elements.

11. It is said that fairy tales manage to give children which of the following?
(a) Inferiority complexes.
(b) A skewed view of life.
(c) Sense of humanity.
(d) Sense of belonging.

12. Many modern fairy tales have lost their impact and meaning because they have been _________________.
(a) Simplified.
(b) Translated.
(c) Reinvented.
(d) Changed.

13. Regardless of the content of the story, what two cultures call all such stories fairy tales?
(a) English and French.
(b) French and African.
(c) Swedish and English.
(d) Danish and Norse.

14. The child learns how to separate what two aspects of the personality?
(a) Sorrow and joy.
(b) Kindness and anger.
(c) Confusion and clarity.
(d) Good and evil.

15. An adult may see the relationship between the wolf and the grandmother as _________________.
(a) Atrocious.
(b) Impossible.
(c) Implausible.
(d) Foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Religious parables gave the child a view of all of the following except for which one?

2. What fairy tale character was the writer's favorite?

3. The monsters or evil people in the stories always finish the story as _________________.

4. Children would have no need for fairy tales if their dreams were _________________.

5. The outcome of the story depends fully on what in regards to the character?

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