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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 Chapter 1, Von Franz writes that fairy tales "are the purest and simplest expression of collective ______ psychic processes."
(a) Unconscious.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Conscious.
(d) Aware.

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

3. What is the name given to processes whereby the undifferentiated tends to become individual, or to those processes through which differentiated components become integrated into stable wholes?
(a) Solitarization.
(b) Self visualization.
(c) Individuation.
(d) Culmination.

4. What is the title of Chapter 3?
(a) The Three Feathers.
(b) A Method of Psychological Interpretation.
(c) Theories of Fairy Tales.
(d) Shadow, Anima, and Animus in Fairy Tales.

5. Von Franz suggests that one should not be what about a fairy tale interpretation in Chapter 3?
(a) Logical.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Structured.
(d) Psychological.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the work Symbolik des Marchens for which Marie-Louise von Franz contributed interpretation?

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

3. Who is the author of Types of Folk Tales?

4. What term refers to the "ups and downs" of a story?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How does fairy tale differ from myth?

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