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

2. In the example, where does the child live?
(a) Tower.
(b) Castle.
(c) Cottage.
(d) Forest.

3. What types of issues are most often addressed in fairy tales?
(a) Personal.
(b) Religious.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Universal.

4. Disregarding a personality can be equivalent to discarding what?
(a) Person.
(b) Reality.
(c) Choice.
(d) Ego.

5. What is it called when a person looks for the best in everything?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Realism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Pessimism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fairy tales most often deal with what?

2. A child may be scared in thinking that his grandmother has been replaced by what?

3. These stories will often force the child to face what kind of crises?

4. What story does the little girl relate to her mother?

5. Who believed that fairy tales led the listener to look for a higher sense of self?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Historically speaking, what things most often formed a child's intellect?

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

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

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

7. How does a child learn to deal with problems through fairy tales?

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

9. What use do fairy tales have in the life of a child?

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

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