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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term is typically used to refer to polytheistic religious traditions, although from a Christian perspective the term can encompass all non-Abrahamic religions?
(a) Neopaganism.
(b) Pluralism.
(c) Nonsecularism.
(d) Paganism.

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?
(a) 10.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 4.

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

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

5. What refers to feminine essence buried in the unconscious of every man in Jungian psychology?
(a) Anima.
(b) Self.
(c) Id.
(d) Animus.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Von Franz's analysis of "The Three Feathers," by using feathers to decide the kingdom's fate, the king is leaving matters to what?

2. According to Von Franz's interpretation of "The Three Feathers," the king represents what?

3. What individual broke the Greek Hercules mythology down and discovered that the myth was made up of a succession of fairy tales?

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

5. What does Von Franz equates to the timelessness/spacelessness of the unconscious in fairy tales?

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