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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third thing the toad gives to Dummling in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A carpet.
(b) A ring.
(c) A crown.
(d) A baby toad.

2. How many sons does the king have in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

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) Open.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Constrained.
(d) Closed.

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

5. In describing the distinction between myth and fairy tale, Von Franz uses a metaphor of a skeleton to what?
(a) Water.
(b) Fire.
(c) Air.
(d) Earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to the "ups and downs" of a story?

2. Von Franz establishes that the second step in evaluating and interpreting a fairy tale is to determine its what?

3. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales?

4. Carl Jung is often considered the first modern psychologist to state that the human psyche is "by nature" what?

5. At the end of the telling of a fairy tale, there is also often a "bringing back to" what, according to von Franz?

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