1. What German brothers are important in the history of the fairy tale, as they collected, standardized, and then popularized European folk tales?
(a) Morgan.
(b) Bosley.
(c) Aesop.
(d) Grimm.

2. What is the name of the Native American described in Chapter 2 who, deathly ill, had a vision of a great many horses and a dance of the tribe with those horses?
(a) Black Hawk.
(b) Black Elk.
(c) Black Fox.
(d) Red Horse.

3. Where does Dummling's feather fly to in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) West.
(b) The floor.
(c) East.
(d) North.

4. Who responds the best to stories involving animals, according to the author?
(a) Young children.
(b) Animals.
(c) Young adults.
(d) Older adults.

5. Who was the god of wine, parties and festivals, madness, drunkenness and pleasure in Greek mythology?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Pan.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the second thing the toad gives to Dummling in "The Three Feathers"?

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

5. The author asserts that while the myth bears a specifically _____ character, the fairy tale is free from such constraints.

(see the answer key)

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