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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fairy tales help children to integrate various aspects of _________________.
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Family.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) Personality.

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

3. At what age do fairy tales begin to have real meaning for a child?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 6.
(d) 4.

4. Many modern fairy tales have lost their impact and meaning because they have been _________________.
(a) Simplified.
(b) Reinvented.
(c) Translated.
(d) Changed.

5. What story does the little girl relate to her mother?
(a) Snow White.
(b) Little Red Riding Hood.
(c) Cinderella.
(d) Sleeping Beauty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first famous writer to be quoted in chapter one?

2. It is common for very different personalities to be present in what?

3. As a general rule, characters in fairy tales tend to be:

4. What is the first story referred to by the Brothers Grimm?

5. What types of issues are most often addressed in fairy tales?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of character is often seen as the representation of good versus evil?

2. When does the oedipal period begin to appear in a child's life?

3. Why are fairy tales important to the development of a child's mind?

4. What story does Bettelheim refer to regarding the introduction of duality?

5. What has often been done to remove violence from fairy tales? What is the result?

6. Fairy tales encourage the belief that there is always something waiting at the end of the story. What is it? Why is it given?

7. What is the purpose of being able to divide the stepmother's personality into two separate entities?

8. Why were these things used? What did they teach to children?

9. What did Dr. Sigmund Freud think about the purpose behind the story of Oedpius?

10. How does Dickens' statement relate to the conflict of allowing children to experience fairy tales?

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