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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) Super-ego.
(b) Id.
(c) Self.
(d) Ego.

2. 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) God.
(b) A frog.
(c) His sons.
(d) The birds.

3. Who published the fairy tale "The Three Feathers"?
(a) Aesop.
(b) Brothers Grimm.
(c) Michael Anderson.
(d) Johann Brahms.

4. The author asserts in Chapter 2 that archetypal stories originate from individuals who have episodes in which their what bubbles to the surface?
(a) Id.
(b) Unconscious.
(c) Ego.
(d) Super-ego.

5. What does the king first tell his sons to bring him to prove their worth as heir in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A princess.
(b) A carpet.
(c) A goblet.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What individual broke the Greek Hercules mythology down and discovered that the myth was made up of a succession of fairy tales?

4. Von Franz believes fairy tales originate as "local ___."

5. The Jungian "Self" relates most to which Freudian concept?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does fairy tale differ from myth?

2. What example does von Franz offer to explain the origins of religious ritual in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

6. What is the second challenge issued by the king in "The Three Feathers"?

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

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

9. How does the Jungian system of interpretation differ from other approaches, according to the author?

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

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