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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Fairy tales may help a child to learn about dealing with what kind of treatment?
(a) Excessive.
(b) Preferential.
(c) Medical.
(d) Poor.
2. What is the first fairy tale mentioned in this section?
(a) Jack and the Beanstalk.
(b) Hansel and Gretel.
(c) Little Red Riding Hood.
(d) Cinderella.
3. An adult may take a childhood fairy tale and turn it into what?
(a) Dream.
(b) Fear.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Nightmare.
4. Fairy tales tend to start out in what way?
(a) Abstract.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Fanciful.
5. One or more of the main characters is related to which food?
(a) Gingerbread.
(b) Fish.
(c) Beans.
(d) Honey.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is it called when a person looks for the best in everything?
2. As a general rule, characters in fairy tales tend to be:
3. In the example, where does the child live?
4. It is common for very different personalities to be present in what?
5. A child might believe that his life is filled with what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the difference between an adult that has no experience with fairy tales and a child who does?
2. What is the general rule of continuity in a fairy tale? Why is it important?
3. Who is Louis MacNeice and what does he say about fairy tales?
4. Why have some parents and educators outlawed fairy tales?
5. What is the purpose of being able to divide the stepmother's personality into two separate entities?
6. How does Dickens' statement relate to the conflict of allowing children to experience fairy tales?
7. Bruno Bettelheim quotes Charles Dickens on fairy tales. What does Dickens say?
8. Historically speaking, what things most often formed a child's intellect?
9. How is a supreme being or other force worked into fairy tales?
10. Why are fairy tales important to the development of a child's mind?
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