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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom do the brothers buy a carpet in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) The queen.
(b) A frog.
(c) The king.
(d) A peasant.

2. Von Franz establishes that the first step in evaluating a fairy tale is to determine its what?
(a) Characters.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Setting.
(d) Theme.

3. What refers to the masculine essence buried in the unconscious of every woman in Jungian psychology?
(a) Anima.
(b) Animus.
(c) Self.
(d) Id.

4. Is it suggested by the author in Chapter 2 that Jesus was the spiritual successor of which Egyptian god?
(a) Isis.
(b) Ra.
(c) Osiris.
(d) Kra.

5. 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) Religion.
(b) Epic.
(c) Folklore.
(d) Myth.

6. One of the steps in interpreting fairy tales is to establish what among the characters?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Conflicts.
(c) Groupings.
(d) Bonds.

7. What term refers to a core pattern of emotions, memories, perceptions, and wishes in the personal unconscious organized around a common theme, such as power or status?
(a) Complex.
(b) Problem.
(c) Addiction.
(d) Persuasion.

8. What does the magical toad give to Dummling when they meet in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A goblet.
(b) A ring.
(c) A princess.
(d) A carpet.

9. In Von Franz' metaphor for myth and fairy tale, what might local sagas or myth be?
(a) Sand.
(b) Flesh.
(c) Earth.
(d) Water.

10. What term is used to refer to the resolution of a story?
(a) Exposition.
(b) Lysis.
(c) Conclos.
(d) Peripeteia.

11. What term of analytical psychology, coined by Carl Jung, is proposed to be expressed in humanity and all life forms with nervous systems and describes how the structure of the psyche autonomously organizes experience?
(a) Transcendental unconscious.
(b) Transcendental reality.
(c) Collective unconscious.
(d) Collective conscious.

12. Who contended that fairy tales were of Babylonian origin?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Alexander Payne.
(c) E. Stuck.
(d) Theodor Benfey.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Dummling's feather fly to in "The Three Feathers"?

2. What is the title of Chapter 3?

3. Where does Dummling find the magical toad in "The Three Feathers"?

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

5. According to Freudian psychology, what comprises that organized part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions.?

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