1. Who responds the best to stories involving animals, according to the author?
(a) Older adults.
(b) Animals.
(c) Young adults.
(d) Young children.

2. What does the princess appear to be when she exits the cellar in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A dog.
(b) A toad.
(c) A spider.
(d) A snake.

3. The toad from "The Three Feathers" is considered a symbol of what, according to Von Franz?
(a) The spiritual.
(b) Evil.
(c) The feminine.
(d) The masculine.

4. The author states that there are those that believe in the theory of the "decayed myth," that is, larger myths "decay" and break down over time, fragmenting into episodes that get retained as what?
(a) Epic.
(b) Folklore.
(c) Religion.
(d) Myth.

5. At the end of the telling of a fairy tale, there is also often a "bringing back to" what, according to von Franz?
(a) Self.
(b) Reality.
(c) Id.
(d) The beginning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the Native American described in Chapter 2 who, deathly ill, had a vision of a great many horses and a dance of the tribe with those horses?

2. Prince Ring is given the task of taking what from a band of giants?

3. What does Von Franz refer to as the irrational and feminine essence?

4. The author asserts that while the myth bears a specifically _____ character, the fairy tale is free from such constraints.

5. What are the prince and his men hunting in "Prince Ring"?

(see the answer key)

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