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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Carl Jung considered the process of what necessary for a person to become whole?

2. Von Franz establishes that the second step in evaluating and interpreting a fairy tale is to determine its what?

3. What does Von Franz equates to the timelessness/spacelessness of the unconscious in fairy tales?

4. Which writer of antiquity had a "Beauty and the Beast" type story titled, "Amor and Psyche"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is von Franz's position regarding the myth versus fairy tale origin? What analogy is made?

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

4. What does von Franz write of the significance of the fairy tale in psychological meaning in the Preface and Chapter 1?

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

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

7. What is the theory of the "decayed myth"?

8. Who were some of the early thinkers who associated fairy tales with psychology?

9. How does fairy tale differ from myth?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss number symbolism in "The Three Feathers" and other fairy tales studied over the course. How does von Franz establish meaning for the number three?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the Christian debate presented in the text. Do they agree or disagree with the author and other theorists regarding Christianty's foundation in myth?

Essay Topic 3

What theorists believe that fairy tales derived from myth? How does the author believe in this regard?

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