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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. Von Franz suggests that one should not be what about a fairy tale interpretation in Chapter 3?

2. What philosopher wrote of stories that old women told their children, called mythoi?

3. What refers to the masculine essence buried in the unconscious of every woman in Jungian psychology?

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. According to Von Franz's analysis of "The Three Feathers," by using feathers to decide the kingdom's fate, the king is leaving matters to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does von Franz remark of fairy tales involving animals in Chapter 2?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is von Franz's position on psychological interpretation of fairy tales, as discussed in Chapter 1?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how the hero figure in a tale is a figure that represents a restoration of the accord between ego and self, according to von Franz's theory. What steps must the hero take to restore balance?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that paganism or early religion plays in the Russian story "The Three Feathers." How does von Franz associate the transition to Christianity in her interpretation?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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