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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the original name of Little Red Riding Hood?
(a) The Girl in the Woods.
(b) Little Red Cap.
(c) The Little Red Headed Girl.
(d) The Wolf and the Grandmother.

2. People during this period are referred to as being which of the following?
(a) Strict.
(b) Willful.
(c) Open.
(d) Fanciful.

3. In the story, what is the underlying issue between Jack and his father?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Affection.
(c) Dominance.
(d) Defiance.

4. What philosophical and religious event also happens in that version?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Karma.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Rebirth.

5. What animal is seen at the ogre's house and thought to be most valuable?
(a) Dragon.
(b) Goose.
(c) Goat.
(d) Cow.

6. Separation may also cause what kind of emotions in a child?
(a) Disillusionment.
(b) Fear.
(c) Joy.
(d) Anger.

7. What animal had more sense than the main character(s) in the story?
(a) Turtle.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Chipmunk.
(d) Bird.

8. What type of shelter presented itself to the characters?
(a) Cottage.
(b) House.
(c) Castle.
(d) Cave.

9. Bettelheim believes that the moral in the early version is ________.
(a) Absent.
(b) Obvious.
(c) Subtle.
(d) Overstated.

10. Separation from one's family helps a child to develop which trait?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Self-reliance.
(d) Social skills.

11. One character exhibits which of the following?
(a) Resourcefulness.
(b) Revenge.
(c) Denial.
(d) Ingenuity.

12. What time period is referred to in this section?
(a) Victorian age.
(b) Medieval times.
(c) Edwardian era.
(d) Middle ages.

13. Name one fairy tale in which this number is present.
(a) Jack and the Beanstalk.
(b) Rumpelstiltskin.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Little Red Riding Hood.

14. What is the original title of Jack and the Beanstalk?
(a) The Ogre and the Beanstalk.
(b) Jack and the Golden Goose.
(c) Jack and His Bargains.
(d) The Boy and the Magic Beans.

15. What item is give to the Queen at the end of the story?
(a) Knife.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Wand.
(d) Mirror.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the case of the boy, his goal is to get what from his mother?

2. Because of this belief the fairy tales may create what kind of behaviors?

3. The mind of a child is not set up to understand what?

4. In Little Red Riding Hood, what is the most significant change from the older version to the new version?

5. Like many fairy tales, Snow White has what kind of connotations?

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