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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regardless of the content of the story, what two cultures call all such stories fairy tales?
(a) French and African.
(b) English and French.
(c) Swedish and English.
(d) Danish and Norse.

2. What poet is referred to regarding the previous statement?
(a) MacNiece.
(b) Farley.
(c) Dixon.
(d) Carroll.

3. At what age do fairy tales begin to have real meaning for a child?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. Fairy tales also teach that one will be rewarded if one does not attempt to avoid what?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Peril.
(c) Evil.
(d) Struggle.

5. What is the negative aspect related to the character(s)?
(a) Beestings.
(b) Being trapped by a giant.
(c) Being eaten by a witch.
(d) Drowning.

6. Fairy tales help children to integrate various aspects of _________________.
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) Family.
(d) Personality.

7. The child learns how to separate what two aspects of the personality?
(a) Sorrow and joy.
(b) Confusion and clarity.
(c) Kindness and anger.
(d) Good and evil.

8. Some parents and teachers have not allowed children access to fairy tales because they are _________________.
(a) Toxic and harmful.
(b) Violent and frivolous.
(c) Too realistic.
(d) Confusing regarding values.

9. What famous doctor is well known for his studies on that particular character?
(a) Sartre.
(b) Jung.
(c) Freud.
(d) Spock.

10. Who believed that fairy tales led the listener to look for a higher sense of self?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Plato.
(c) Jung.
(d) Freud.

11. Fairy tales are often thought to provide what to a child?
(a) A vivid imagination.
(b) Delusions.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Valuable learning experiences.

12. What do the Germans call their version of myths?
(a) Murchen.
(b) Sage.
(c) Parables.
(d) Fables.

13. What types of issues are most often addressed in fairy tales?
(a) Personal.
(b) Cultural.
(c) Universal.
(d) Religious.

14. A child may be scared in thinking that his grandmother has been replaced by what?
(a) Evil.
(b) Animal.
(c) Beast.
(d) Talking wolf.

15. The monsters or evil people in the stories always finish the story as _________________.
(a) Reformed.
(b) Evil.
(c) Remorseful.
(d) Good.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was predicted that Oedipus would kill who?

2. At what age does this phase begin to fade away?

3. During this phase, a child often tends to feel what?

4. The downside of that personality may equate which of the following to a child?

5. Disregarding a personality can be equivalent to discarding what?

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