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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Fairy tales tend to start out in what way?
(a) Fanciful.
(b) Abstract.
(c) Concrete.
(d) Realistic.

3. An adult may take a childhood fairy tale and turn it into what?
(a) Dream.
(b) Fear.
(c) Nightmare.
(d) Fantasy.

4. Religious parables gave the child a view of all of the following except for which one?
(a) Tradition.
(b) Realism.
(c) Morality.
(d) Spirituality.

5. Fairy tales help children to learn how to develop which of the following?
(a) Phobias.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Solutions.
(d) Storytelling skills.

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

7. What is the first fairy tale mentioned in this section?
(a) Jack and the Beanstalk.
(b) Cinderella.
(c) Little Red Riding Hood.
(d) Hansel and Gretel.

8. What is another word that means the same as kind?
(a) Worrisome.
(b) Benevolent.
(c) Coddling.
(d) Sympathetic.

9. A person with no experience in fairy tales may not understand the difference between which two objects?
(a) Fantasy and reality.
(b) Ego and superego.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) Internal and external worlds.

10. What fairy tale character was the writer's favorite?
(a) Rapunzel.
(b) Red Riding Hood.
(c) Rumpelstiltskin.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

11. It is common for very different personalities to be present in what?
(a) Stories.
(b) Siblings.
(c) Main characters.
(d) Villains.

12. Disregarding a personality can be equivalent to discarding what?
(a) Choice.
(b) Reality.
(c) Ego.
(d) Person.

13. Historically speaking, a child's mind was formed by all but which one of the following?
(a) Myths.
(b) Riddles.
(c) Fairy tales.
(d) Religious parables.

14. A person's dreams are typically formed on what level?
(a) Subconscious.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Unconscious.
(d) Childhood.

15. Many modern fairy tales have lost their impact and meaning because they have been _________________.
(a) Translated.
(b) Changed.
(c) Reinvented.
(d) Simplified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What poet is referred to regarding the previous statement?

2. What is it called when a person looks for the worst in everything?

3. Children would have no need for fairy tales if their dreams were _________________.

4. Fairy tales are often thought to provide what to a child?

5. In ancient times, stories were often fashioned from tales regarding _________________.

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