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

Multiple Choice Questions

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 A child may be scared in thinking that his grandmother has been replaced by what?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

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

3. Children would have no need for fairy tales if their dreams were _________________.
(a) Understood.
(b) Complex.
(c) Realistic.
(d) Simple.

4. Both philosophers believed that myth equaled what?
(a) Wisdom.
(b) Cleverness.
(c) Imagination.
(d) Truth.

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

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

7. A child might believe that his life is filled with what?
(a) Enemies.
(b) Strangers.
(c) Rage.
(d) Chaos.

8. The separation of good and evil is often portrayed in fairy tales through what type of character?
(a) Wicked Stepmother.
(b) Benevolent force.
(c) Evil magical creature.
(d) Monster.

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

10. Through fairy tales, children are led to believe that _____ will always come to their aid.
(a) Magic.
(b) A benevolent force.
(c) Parents.
(d) A monster.

11. At what age does this phase begin to fade away?
(a) 19.
(b) 14.
(c) 9.
(d) 6.

12. What do the Germans call their version of fairy tales?
(a) Ancient tales.
(b) Sage.
(c) Myth.
(d) Murchen.

13. What is the first story referred to by the Brothers Grimm?
(a) Jack and the Beanstalk.
(b) Hansel and Gretel.
(c) Fisherman and the Jinny.
(d) Queen Bee.

14. Fairy tales may help a child to learn about dealing with what kind of treatment?
(a) Medical.
(b) Preferential.
(c) Excessive.
(d) Poor.

15. At what age does this period begin?
(a) 3.
(b) 12.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. Regardless of the content of the story, what two cultures call all such stories fairy tales?

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

3. What is it called when a story is told to one generation and then another?

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

5. A person with no experience in fairy tales may not understand the difference between which two objects?

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