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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, and Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Von Franz suggests that one should not be what about a fairy tale interpretation in Chapter 3?
(a) Logical.
(b) Structured.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Arrogant.

2. Von Franz believes fairy tales originate as "local ___."
(a) Myths.
(b) Anecdotes.
(c) Religions.
(d) Sagas.

3. What philosopher wrote of stories that old women told their children, called mythoi?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Euripides.
(c) Plato.
(d) Socrates.

4. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) A Method of Psychological Interpretation.
(b) The Three Feathers.
(c) Shadow, Anima, and Animus in Fairy Tales.
(d) Theories of Fairy Tales.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where had Marie-Louise von Franz given the lectures that were the basis of The Interpretation of Fairy Tales?

2. One Egyptian fairy tale is discussed in Chapter 1 which focuses on two brothers, Anup and who?

3. Who was the king of the gods in Greek mythology?

4. Who wrote the work Symbolik des Marchens for which Marie-Louise von Franz contributed interpretation?

5. In Chapter 1, Von Franz writes that fairy tales "are the purest and simplest expression of collective ______ psychic processes."

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