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

2. What is the third thing that the king orders his sons to find in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A beautiful woman.
(b) A goblet.
(c) A carpet.
(d) A ring.

3. One Egyptian fairy tale is discussed in Chapter 1 which focuses on two brothers, Anup and who?
(a) Biti.
(b) Musa.
(c) Bata.
(d) Mata.

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

5. 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) His sons.
(d) A frog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic is associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism?

2. What term refers to an original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated?

3. What refers to feminine essence buried in the unconscious of every man in Jungian psychology?

4. What does the magical toad give to Dummling when they meet in "The Three Feathers"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What mention of Egypt is cited in the origins of fairy tales?

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

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

8. What does von Franz remark of fairy tales involving animals in Chapter 2?

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

10. Who founded the Finnish School and what associations did it have with fairy tales?

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