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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. In traditional roles, the father acts as which of the following?
(a) Shield.
(b) Provider.
(c) Protector.
(d) Sounding board.

8. In Little Red Riding Hood, what is the most significant change from the older version to the new version?
(a) Items in basket.
(b) Ending.
(c) Red's grandmother.
(d) The woodsman.

9. Because of this belief the fairy tales may create what kind of behaviors?
(a) Healthy.
(b) Expressive.
(c) Narrow-minded.
(d) Unhealthy.

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

11. In the story who is the wolf's basic enemy?
(a) God.
(b) Woodsmen.
(c) Red.
(d) Grandmother.

12. What causes the Wicked Queen's downfall at the end of the story?
(a) Karma.
(b) Accident.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Rage.

13. What is the underlying main topic of the story involving Jack?
(a) Entrepreneurship.
(b) Foolishness.
(c) Common Sense.
(d) Maturity.

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

15. The mother may be portrayed as what?
(a) Loving.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Absent.
(d) Wicked.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the original title of Jack and the Beanstalk?

2. What activity causes the Queen to die?

3. The parents in the story suffer from what problem?

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

5. Many parents who are considered to be ________ dislike fairy tales.

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