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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who wrote the work Symbolik des Marchens for which Marie-Louise von Franz contributed interpretation?
(a) Carl Jung.
(b) Bruno Bettelheim.
(c) Ernst Federn.
(d) Hedwig von Beit.

2. 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?
(a) Theodor Benfey.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) E. Stuck.
(d) Kaarle Krohn.

3. Theodor Benfey traced all fairy tales to where?
(a) China.
(b) India.
(c) England.
(d) Africa.

4. According to Freudian psychology, what comprises that organized part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions.?
(a) Super-ego.
(b) Self.
(c) Ego.
(d) Id.

5. According to Von Franz's interpretation of "The Three Feathers," the king represents what?
(a) The ego.
(b) The Self.
(c) The animus.
(d) The id.

6. What is the second thing the toad gives to Dummling in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A carpet.
(b) A goblet.
(c) A ring.
(d) A toad.

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

8. In what book was the story "Amor and Psyche" contained?
(a) The Golden Ring.
(b) The Golden Ass.
(c) The Silver Horn.
(d) The Yellow Grass.

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

10. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales?
(a) Carl Jung.
(b) Wolfgang Borchert.
(c) Bruno Bettelheim.
(d) Johannes Bobrowski.

11. The author asserts in Chapter 2 that archetypal stories originate from individuals who have episodes in which their what bubbles to the surface?
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Ego.
(c) Id.
(d) Super-ego.

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

13. Who is named the king's heir in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) Ivan.
(b) Fornelius.
(c) Dummling.
(d) Dingleton.

14. According to Freudian psychology, what comprises that organized part of the personality structure that includes the individual's ego ideals, spiritual goals, and the psychic agency that criticizes and prohibits his or her drives, fantasies, feelings, and actions?
(a) Self.
(b) Id.
(c) Ego.
(d) Super-ego.

15. Who is the protagonist of "The Three Feathers"?
(a) Dimeling.
(b) Dumeling.
(c) Ivan.
(d) Dummling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term is synonymous with Carl Jung's central psychological archetype, the unified consciousness and unconsciousness?

2. Where had Marie-Louise von Franz given the lectures that were the basis of The Interpretation of Fairy Tales?

3. Which Egyptian god was associated with the falcon?

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

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

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