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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 color is considered the color of nature, according to Von Franz?

2. What does Von Franz refer to as the irrational and feminine essence?

3. What teaches the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead?

4. What is a word referring to a female deer?

5. Snati-Snati and Rauder are manifestations of what Jung referred to as what, according to Von Franz?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a common symbol in fairy tales, often leading the hero to a secret place? What meaning is held in this?

2. What does Dummling's response to the toad mean to von Franz in "The Three Feathers"?

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

4. How does Rauder serve the hero in "Prince Ring"?

5. What does von Franz interpret as the meaning of the ring in "The Three Feathers"?

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

7. What differences are in the setup of the Russian version "The Three Feathers"?

8. What does the number three represent, according to von Franz?

9. What is the hind symbolic for in "Prince Ring," according to von Franz?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define the term "fata morgana" and discuss how it applies to von Franz's interpretation of the Russian "The Three Feathers." How does this relate to the anima?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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