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

2. Who wrote The Primitive Races of Mankind?
(a) Adolf Bastian.
(b) Max Schmidt.
(c) Ludwig Laister.
(d) Theodor Benfey.

3. 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) Id.
(c) Ego.
(d) Self.

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

5. Which writer of antiquity had a "Beauty and the Beast" type story titled, "Amor and Psyche"?
(a) Aristophanes.
(b) Aurelius.
(c) Apuleius.
(d) Plautus.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author asserts that while the myth bears a specifically _____ character, the fairy tale is free from such constraints.

2. Which individual linked fairy tales to "elementary thoughts" and even "national thoughts," notions that might be precursors to Jung?

3. One Egyptian fairy tale is discussed in Chapter 1 which focuses on two brothers, Anup and who?

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

5. Who is named the king's heir in "The Three Feathers"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is von Franz's position on psychological interpretation of fairy tales, as discussed in Chapter 1?

2. What are the "functions of consciousness"? How do they apply to interpretation?

3. What impact did the Brothers Grimm have on interest in the fairy tale? What efforts were made to trace fairy tale origins?

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

5. What is the theory of the "decayed myth"?

6. What suggestion is made regarding Christianity and myth in Chapter 2?

7. What is the opposing position regarding the Christianity/myth theory?

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

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

10. What does the king do in order to determine his heir in "The Three Feathers"? What happens?

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