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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. In describing the distinction between myth and fairy tale, Von Franz uses a metaphor of a skeleton to what?

2. According to the author, animals in fairy tales are anthropomorphized aspects of what?

3. From whom do the brothers buy a carpet in "The Three Feathers"?

4. What term refers to an original model of a person, ideal example, or a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated?

5. What term refers to an object or thing which represents something else?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

6. What does von Franz write of Dummling's analysis in "The Three Feathers"?

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

8. How does fairy tale differ from myth?

9. What suggestion is made regarding Christianity and myth in Chapter 2?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of religion in "The Three Feathers" according to von Franz's analysis. How are older, Gaea-based religions represented?

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 are the steps of interpreting a fairy tale, according to von Franz? What does one analyze first, second, etc.?

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