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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marie-Louise von Franz bases much of her interpretation of psychology and fairy tales on whose theories?
(a) Bruno Bettelheim's.
(b) Sigmund Freud's.
(c) Hilde Domin's.
(d) Carl Jung's.

2. Mythologies and legends differ from fairy tales because they have many what, according to the author?
(a) Character types.
(b) Different outcomes.
(c) Story structures.
(d) Cultural overlays.

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

4. 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.

5. Who developed the hypothesis of the "collective unconscious"?
(a) Aleister Crowley.
(b) James Joyce.
(c) Carl Jung.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which individual linked fairy tales to "elementary thoughts" and even "national thoughts," notions that might be precursors to Jung?

2. Theodor Benfey traced all fairy tales to where?

3. What Finnish folklorist, professor and developer of the geographic-historic method of folklore research tried to find original versions by judging which tales were the best and most complete?

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

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

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