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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, pages 114 through 163.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which individual linked fairy tales to "elementary thoughts" and even "national thoughts," notions that might be precursors to Jung?
(a) Theodor Benfey.
(b) Kaarle Krohn.
(c) Adolf Bastian.
(d) Ludwig Laister.

2. What is the title of the primordial waters of the cosmos, the mother from which the cosmos emerged in Egyptian mythology?
(a) Ra.
(b) Mut.
(c) Ma.
(d) Mumu.

3. The author states that there are those that believe in the theory of the "decayed myth," that is, larger myths "decay" and break down over time, fragmenting into episodes that get retained as what?
(a) Myth.
(b) Religion.
(c) Epic.
(d) Folklore.

4. Von Franz asserts that the number three is associated with what?
(a) The past.
(b) Inaction.
(c) Action.
(d) The future.

5. Where does Dummling find the magical toad in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) In a witch's house.
(b) In an enchanted forest.
(c) In the attic.
(d) Behind the secret door.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Von Franz refer to as the irrational and feminine essence?

3. Carl Jung was perhaps one of the most well known pioneers in the field of ____ analysis.

4. What term means to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle?

5. 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?

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