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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. This child may also be the one who does what?
(a) Wreaks havoc.
(b) Saves the day.
(c) Gets into the most trouble.
(d) Gets captured.

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

3. Others believe that telling and supporting fairy tales may encourage a child to do what?
(a) Daydream.
(b) Lie.
(c) Commit harm.
(d) Become unfocused.

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

5. What psychological complex is referred to in this section?
(a) Oedipus.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Role reversal.
(d) Superiority.

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

7. How many ways are there in which this situation might be resolved?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

9. Where is Jack sent with the family cow?
(a) Fair.
(b) Neighbor's house.
(c) Auction.
(d) Butcher.

10. The complex really revolves around which of the following?
(a) Self-worth.
(b) Possessiveness.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Fear.

11. What is the first item offered to Jack in exchange for the cow?
(a) Magic beans.
(b) Four gold coins.
(c) Goat.
(d) Magic stick.

12. Who often comes out as the person in the best light according to the complex?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Parents as a unit.
(d) Child.

13. Supporters of fairy tales also state that ____ in fairy tales help children express a side of their personality that may not otherwise be explored.
(a) Violence.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Complexity.
(d) Evil.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Regardless of the gender the entire complex really revolves around which of the following?

2. The mother may be portrayed as what?

3. Bettelheim states that the forest represents what in the story?

4. Separation may also cause what kind of emotions in a child?

5. A child may feel that nothing is expected of him if he feels:

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