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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. What did Dummling's feather land on in "The Three Feathers"?

2. What is the title of the primordial waters of the cosmos, the mother from which the cosmos emerged in Egyptian mythology?

3. Who is the protagonist of "The Three Feathers"?

4. Who wrote The Primitive Races of Mankind?

5. The Jungian "Self" relates most to which Freudian concept?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the Jungian system of interpretation differ from other approaches, according to the author?

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

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

6. When did interest in the fairy tale as an intellectual subject arise? Who associated fables with Christianity?

7. Who founded the Finnish School and what associations did it have with fairy tales?

8. What does von Franz write regarding the Self and ego in Chapter 4?

9. How does fairy tale differ from myth?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 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

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

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