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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. Where does Anodos think the footpath must lead?

2. What does Anodos read about in the book that was covering the window?

3. In the story Anodos retells about women with wings, what is the woman who finds a snowdrop flower looking for?

4. What does Anodos do as he moves through the forest after seeing the flowers?

5. What wraps around Anodos as he is spoken to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might happen to Anodos if he travels through the forest without knowing about the Ash tree?

2. What is unusual about the condition of the footpath Anodos notices in his room?

3. What does Anodos realize about the truth of what the small woman told him as he looks around his room?

4. How does Anodos justify the death of the woman who dies next to a snowdrop flower as she is looking for spring?

5. How does Anodos react when he sees the open field from the room in which he sleeps at the farmhouse?

6. How does the magic of the Fairy Palace benefit Anodos?

7. Why do you think the author chose to have the secretary desk in a dark room which has been closed for a long time?

8. What does the knight represent to Anodos?

9. What happens to Anodos as he spends more time in Fairy Land?

10. What are the consequences Anodos suffers when he ignores the warning of the knight in rusty armor about beautiful women in the forest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

List the main events from Phantastes. Could you change the order of the main events or leave out any main events? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In Phantastes, Anodos has dreams in a number of chapters. Choose a dream Anodos has. What is the dream about? What symbolism is in the dream? What does the content of the dream tell us about Anodos? Does the dream provide any hints or clues of events that take place later in the story? What is the author's purpose in including the dream in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Anodos is troubled by the persistent presence of his shadow. When Anodos acquires his shadow, the woman in the hut says that the shadow is called something else in Anodos' world. In psychoanalytic theory, personality structure is broken down into three parts: the id, the ego, and the superego. The id is completely unconscious, unorganized, and concerned with instant gratification of instincts and drives. The ego mediates among the id and superego and external world, and is concerned with reality, safety, reason, and common sense. The superego is the conscience; it punishes misbehavior with guilt and morality. Which part of Anodos' personality structure would the shadow be: the id, the ego, or the superego? Give three examples from the story to explain your answer.

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