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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales?
(a) Johannes Bobrowski.
(b) Bruno Bettelheim.
(c) Wolfgang Borchert.
(d) Carl Jung.

2. Fairy tales are referred to as what kind of "system," that is, its meaning is contained in the tale itself, and not elsewhere?
(a) Constrained.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Closed.
(d) Open.

3. What German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic is associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism?
(a) Johann Herder.
(b) Andrew Warner.
(c) Alexander Pushkin.
(d) Artur Dinter.

4. Who is the author of Types of Folk Tales?
(a) Alexandria Watts.
(b) Adolf Bastian.
(c) Ludwig Laister.
(d) Antti Aarne.

5. Who wrote the work Symbolik des Marchens for which Marie-Louise von Franz contributed interpretation?
(a) Ernst Federn.
(b) Hedwig von Beit.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Bruno Bettelheim.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who contended that fairy tales were of Babylonian origin?

2. In the Preface of The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, Marie-Louise von Franz writes that this book is based on lectures she gave over how many years ago?

3. Von Franz believes fairy tales originate as "local ___."

4. Which individual tried to interestingly link dreams with fairy tales, though he had none of the psychoanalytic or Jungian vocabulary to assist him?

5. What German brothers are important in the history of the fairy tale, as they collected, standardized, and then popularized European folk tales?

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