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

2. Witches were said to brew potions using what, according to Von Franz?
(a) Toad parts.
(b) Snake parts.
(c) Snails.
(d) Salamanders.

3. What is the name of the adviser to the king in the kingdom Prince Ring and his dog travel?
(a) Aruma.
(b) Rauder.
(c) Snati-Snati.
(d) Hans.

4. In her "The Three Feathers" analysis, Von Franz suggests that Dummling's descent into the trap door represents the descent into a person's ________ nature
(a) "Unconscious virginal."
(b) "Unconscious feeling."
(c) "Unconscious collective."
(d) "Conscious virginal."

5. What can symbolize connection between two people, but it can simultaneously represent being enslaved?
(a) A ring.
(b) A crown.
(c) A heart.
(d) A feather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Von Franz writes that in some fairy tales, a hero might inscribe what on the ground and call forth a demon who thus enslaves him?

2. What differs about the king in the Russian version of "The Three Feathers"?

3. Who included "Prince Ring" in The Yellow Fairy Book?

4. What refers to a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide information about personality, human affairs, and other matters?

5. Von Franz determines that the Golden Hind is a symbol for what in "Prince Ring"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does von Franz write of the witch and the barrel in "Prince Ring"?

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

4. What is the significance of the carpet in "The Three Feathers" to von Franz?

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

6. What does the final challenge in "The Three Feathers" signify for von Franz?

7. What represents the shadow in the story "Prince Ring"?

8. What is the challenge in the finale of "The Three Feathers"?

9. What does the hero do to the frog-skin in the Russian "The Three Feathers"? How does the story end?

10. What is the toad representative of in "The Three Feathers," according to von Franz?

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