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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. At the end of the telling of a fairy tale, there is also often a "bringing back to" what, according to von Franz?
(a) Id.
(b) Self.
(c) Reality.
(d) The beginning.

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

3. What term means to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle?
(a) Construct.
(b) Decompose.
(c) Upearth.
(d) Deconstruct.

4. According to Von Franz's analysis of "The Three Feathers," by using feathers to decide the kingdom's fate, the king is leaving matters to what?
(a) The birds.
(b) God.
(c) A frog.
(d) His sons.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Franz suggests that one should not be what about a fairy tale interpretation in Chapter 3?

2. It is suggested by the author that Jesus was the spiritual successor to which Greek god?

3. Who contended that fairy tales were of Babylonian origin?

4. Who published the fairy tale "The Three Feathers"?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the response of the brothers after the ring has been found in "The Three Feathers"?

2. How does fairy tale differ from myth?

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

4. What does von Franz write of Dummling's analysis in "The Three Feathers"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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