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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Norse refer to as their version of fairy tales?
(a) Magic stories.
(b) Sagas.
(c) Eddas.
(d) Mythology.

2. What phase of a child's development is addressed by the author?
(a) Teething.
(b) Oedipal.
(c) Adolescence.
(d) Puberty.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The child must resign the story so s/he can go where?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Church.
(c) Bed.
(d) School.

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

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

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

13. Fairy tales most often deal with what?
(a) Magical elements.
(b) Internal conflicts.
(c) External forces.
(d) Maintaining faith.

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

15. Which part of the mind is not fed by fairy tales?
(a) Superego.
(b) Conscience.
(c) Id.
(d) Ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. It was predicted that Oedipus would kill who?

2. Through fairy tales, children are led to believe that _____ will always come to their aid.

3. An adult may take a childhood fairy tale and turn it into what?

4. The author states that learning how to integrate personalities is ______ to a child.

5. In the example, where does the child live?

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