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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. What do the Norse refer to as their version of fairy tales?
(a) Sagas.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Magic stories.
(d) Eddas.

2. What does the fisherman find in his net?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Mermaid.
(c) Copper pot.
(d) Talking fish.

3. An adult may take a childhood fairy tale and turn it into what?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Dream.
(c) Nightmare.
(d) Fear.

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

5. Myths tend to focus on which of the following?
(a) Elements.
(b) Supernatural powers.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Everything scary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The child must resign the story so s/he can go where?

2. A child is unable to understand _________________.

3. A person with no experience in fairy tales may not understand the difference between which two objects?

4. What famous character has been studied by psychologists and psychiatrists?

5. Fairy tales also teach that one will be rewarded if one does not attempt to avoid what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Louis MacNeice and what does he say about fairy tales?

2. What is the difference between an adult that has no experience with fairy tales and a child who does?

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

4. How does a child view the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood?

5. Why have some parents and educators outlawed fairy tales?

6. How is a supreme being or other force worked into fairy tales?

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

8. Bruno Bettelheim quotes Charles Dickens on fairy tales. What does Dickens say?

9. When do fairy tales truly begin to make sense to a child?

10. What is the general rule of continuity in a fairy tale? Why is it important?

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