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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bettelheim says it would be easy to refer to the parents of this area as _________________.
(a) Narrow-minded.
(b) Simple.
(c) Censors.
(d) Intelligent.

2. What item is used to guide the characters to where they need to be?
(a) Road signs.
(b) Stars.
(c) Pebbles.
(d) Sparrow.

3. Where are the main characters sent as a solution?
(a) Forest.
(b) Hive.
(c) Cave.
(d) Castle.

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

5. Like many fairy tales, Snow White has what kind of connotations?
(a) Inferiority.
(b) Oepidal.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Complex.

6. Regardless of the gender the entire complex really revolves around which of the following?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Love.
(c) Attention.
(d) Family ties.

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

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

9. Who lives at the particular dwelling?
(a) Witch.
(b) Fairy godmother.
(c) Wizard.
(d) Ogre.

10. The parents in the story suffer from what problem?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Being trapped in a castle.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Being lost.

11. Who supposedly wrote the original version of the story?
(a) Carroll.
(b) Grimm.
(c) Perrault.
(d) Tolkien.

12. A child may feel that nothing is expected of him if he feels:
(a) Unskilled.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Unworthy.
(d) Immature.

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

14. One objection to fairy tales is that they are not ____________.
(a) Well defined.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Moral.
(d) Realistic.

15. In the case of the boy, his goal is to get what from his mother?
(a) Admiration.
(b) Affection.
(c) Support.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to this section of the text, some cultures have done what to fairy tales?

2. The father may be portrayed as what?

3. The mother may be portrayed as what?

4. The situation encourages to seek what from the father?

5. How many ways are there in which this situation might be resolved?

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