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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. Where did the prince come upon a woman in "Prince Ring"?
(a) By a statue.
(b) By a seashore.
(c) By a rainbow.
(d) By a stream.

2. Where is the hero invited with his wife in the Russian version of "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A crowning.
(b) A dinner party.
(c) A beheading.
(d) A grand ball.

3. In number symbolism, odd numbers are what, according to Von Franz?
(a) Holy.
(b) Pagan.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Masculine.

4. Von Franz notes that in asking for a carpet in "The Three Feathers," the king is actually asking for what?
(a) Cleansing.
(b) Religious meaning.
(c) Love.
(d) Power.

5. What happens to the peasant women when trying to jump in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) They start to fly.
(b) They make the target.
(c) They turn into birds.
(d) They break their legs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Franz asserts in Chapter 5 that life has ____, but they are not always easy to discern in the moment.

2. Witches were said to brew potions using what, according to Von Franz?

3. What was with the woman who the prince encountered in "Prince Ring"?

4. Von Franz writes of the hero in the Russian version of "The Three Feathers" that he has overreached, and he lacks the subtlety required to harness one's what?

5. What teaches the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Ring travel with Snati-Snati in "Prince Ring"? What challenge do they meet there?

2. What is the hind symbolic for in "Prince Ring," according to von Franz?

3. Where are the prince and princess invited in the Russian version of "The Three Feathers"? What happens?

4. What does the number three represent, according to von Franz?

5. What happens in the story "The Bewitched Princess"?

6. What is von Franz's interpretation of Dummling's descent into the trap door in "The Three Feathers"?

7. How does the story "Prince Ring" begin?

8. What does Dummling's response to the toad mean to von Franz in "The Three Feathers"?

9. What happens to the peasant women in the final challenge of "The Three Feathers"? What is the significance?

10. What is a common symbol in fairy tales, often leading the hero to a secret place? What meaning is held in this?

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