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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 tend to start out in what way?
(a) Realistic.
(b) Fanciful.
(c) Abstract.
(d) Concrete.
2. Who believed that fairy tales led the listener to look for a higher sense of self?
(a) Freud.
(b) Jung.
(c) Plato.
(d) Nietzsche.
3. An adult may see the relationship between the wolf and the grandmother as _________________.
(a) Foolish.
(b) Atrocious.
(c) Implausible.
(d) Impossible.
4. What does the fisherman find in his net?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Mermaid.
(c) Talking fish.
(d) Copper pot.
5. An adult may take a childhood fairy tale and turn it into what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Nightmare.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Dream.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which two philosophers are referred to in "Fairy Tale Versus Myth?"
2. Who is the villain in the first story?
3. The child must resign the story so s/he can go where?
4. Who is the first famous writer to be quoted in chapter one?
5. Stories may also help children deal with what kind of family situation?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is a supreme being or other force worked into fairy tales?
2. Explain the difference of fairy tales in various cultures. Are they all considered to be fairy tales?
3. Bruno Bettelheim quotes Charles Dickens on fairy tales. What does Dickens say?
4. How does Dickens' statement relate to the conflict of allowing children to experience fairy tales?
5. What is the difference between an adult that has no experience with fairy tales and a child who does?
6. How does a child learn to deal with problems through fairy tales?
7. What are the two developmental crises referred to by the author?
8. How does a child view the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood?
9. What is the purpose of being able to divide the stepmother's personality into two separate entities?
10. Why were these things used? What did they teach to children?
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