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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the second object the king asks his sons to find in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A princess.
(b) A carpet.
(c) A ring.
(d) A goblet.

4. Fairy tales are referred to as what kind of "system," that is, its meaning is contained in the tale itself, and not elsewhere?
(a) Closed.
(b) Open.
(c) Inspired.
(d) Constrained.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Carl Jung is often considered the first modern psychologist to state that the human psyche is "by nature" what?

5. Who responds the best to stories involving animals, according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does von Franz write of the significance of the fairy tale in psychological meaning in the Preface and Chapter 1?

2. What is von Franz's position regarding the myth versus fairy tale origin? What analogy is made?

3. What are the first steps in interpreting a fairy tale?

4. Who were some of the early thinkers who associated fairy tales with psychology?

5. What debate is established regarding myth and fairy tale in Chapter 2?

6. When did interest in the fairy tale as an intellectual subject arise? Who associated fables with Christianity?

7. What does von Franz write regarding the Self and ego in Chapter 4?

8. Who is the character Dummling? What is his character role?

9. What do the brothers do after their father's challenge has begun in "The Three Feathers"? What does Dummling do?

10. How do archetypal stories arise, according to the author?

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