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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Von Franz establishes that the second step in evaluating and interpreting a fairy tale is to determine its what?
(a) Theme.
(b) Setting.
(c) Characters.
(d) Plot.

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

3. Carl Jung considered the process of what necessary for a person to become whole?
(a) Standardization.
(b) Culmination.
(c) Separation.
(d) Individuation.

4. What term means to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle?
(a) Decompose.
(b) Upearth.
(c) Construct.
(d) Deconstruct.

5. In Chapter 1, Von Franz writes that fairy tales "are the purest and simplest expression of collective ______ psychic processes."
(a) Dreaming.
(b) Aware.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Conscious.

Short Answer Questions

1. In describing the distinction between myth and fairy tale, Von Franz uses a metaphor of a skeleton to what?

2. Who responds the best to stories involving animals, according to the author?

3. Mythologies and legends differ from fairy tales because they have many what, according to the author?

4. 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?

5. Which Egyptian god was associated with the falcon?

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