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

2. Von Franz establishes that the first step in evaluating a fairy tale is to determine its what?
(a) Theme.
(b) Setting.
(c) Characters.
(d) Symbolism.

3. In describing the distinction between myth and fairy tale, Von Franz uses a metaphor of a skeleton to what?
(a) Fire.
(b) Earth.
(c) Water.
(d) Air.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of the primordial waters of the cosmos, the mother from which the cosmos emerged in Egyptian mythology?

3. What is the title of Chapter 3?

4. The author asserts in Chapter 2 that archetypal stories originate from individuals who have episodes in which their what bubbles to the surface?

5. What German brothers are important in the history of the fairy tale, as they collected, standardized, and then popularized European folk tales?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the king represent in "The Three Feathers" according to von Franz?

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

5. In describing the history of the fairy tale and its origins in Chapter 1, what ancient writers are discussed?

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

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

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

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

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

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