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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, pages 114 through 163.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term refers to the "ups and downs" of a story?
(a) Peripeteia.
(b) Middle.
(c) Lysis.
(d) Logos.

3. Where did the prince come upon a woman in "Prince Ring"?
(a) By a statue.
(b) By a rainbow.
(c) By a stream.
(d) By a seashore.

4. The author asserts that while the myth bears a specifically _____ character, the fairy tale is free from such constraints.
(a) Universal.
(b) Cultural.
(c) Ethnic.
(d) National.

5. What term refers to an object or thing which represents something else?
(a) Image.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Symbol.
(d) Sceptor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Von Franz, the barrel in "Prince Ring" is representative of the what?

2. 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?

3. 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?

4. What was on the horns of the animal hunted by the prince in "Prince Ring"?

5. In number symbolism, odd numbers are what, according to Von Franz?

(see the answer key)

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