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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third thing that the king orders his sons to find in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A carpet.
(b) A goblet.
(c) A ring.
(d) A beautiful woman.

2. Von Franz writes that burning with fire has long been a symbol of what?
(a) Death.
(b) Evil.
(c) Revelation.
(d) Transformation.

3. One Egyptian fairy tale is discussed in Chapter 1 which focuses on two brothers, Anup and who?
(a) Bata.
(b) Mata.
(c) Musa.
(d) Biti.

4. What philosopher wrote of stories that old women told their children, called mythoi?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Plato.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Aristotle.

5. Which Egyptian god was associated with the falcon?
(a) Osiris.
(b) Ra.
(c) Isis.
(d) Horus.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hero burn in the Russian version of "The Three Feathers"?

2. Marie-Louise von Franz bases much of her interpretation of psychology and fairy tales on whose theories?

3. In Von Franz' metaphor for myth and fairy tale, what might local sagas or myth be?

4. One of the steps in interpreting fairy tales is to establish what among the characters?

5. What does the king first tell his sons to bring him to prove their worth as heir in "The Three Feathers"?

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