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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that learning how to integrate personalities is ______ to a child.
(a) Pointless.
(b) Beneficial.
(c) Important.
(d) Essential.

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

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 A child may be scared in thinking that his grandmother has been replaced by what?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

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

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

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

7. What is it called when a story is told to one generation and then another?
(a) Oral tradition.
(b) Gatherings.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Storytelling.

8. It was predicted that Oedipus would kill who?
(a) Child.
(b) Brother.
(c) King.
(d) Queen.

9. These stories will often force the child to face what kind of crises?
(a) Developmental.
(b) Faith-based.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Gender-based.

10. Stories may also help children deal with what kind of family situation?
(a) Neglect.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Abuse.
(d) Sibling rivalry.

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

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

13. Who is the first famous writer to be quoted in chapter one?
(a) Grimm.
(b) Dickens.
(c) Mother Goose.
(d) Andersen.

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

15. It is said that fairy tales manage to give children which of the following?
(a) Inferiority complexes.
(b) Sense of humanity.
(c) A skewed view of life.
(d) Sense of belonging.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of issues are most often addressed in fairy tales?

2. Fairy tales tend to start out in what way?

3. The fisherman is called upon to use ______ to get out of a bad situation.

4. One or more of the main characters is related to which food?

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

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