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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 food is related to this particular fairy tale?
(a) Apples.
(b) Honey.
(c) Beans.
(d) Gingerbread.

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

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

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

5. What action might a child take to express displeasure in a new situation?
(a) Tantrums.
(b) Laughing.
(c) Crying.
(d) Yelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who supposedly wrote the original version of the story?

2. What type of shelter presented itself to the characters?

3. What is the first item offered to Jack in exchange for the cow?

4. The situation encourages to seek what from the father?

5. One character exhibits which of the following?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hansel exhibit denial when going into the forest?

2. How does Bettelheim separate the Oedipus Complex between boys and girls?

3. What is the underlying moral of the story?

4. What is the reason that the number three is significant in fairy tales?

5. Which parts of the mind are addressed? Who studied this concept?

6. Why is the mother seen as the villain in the story even though both parents have agreed on a solution?

7. Why do some cultures insist on outlawing fairy tales?

8. What is the opinion of the fantasies as they regard truth?

9. What do the children gain from their ordeal with the witch?

10. What did the birds know about the situation that the children did not?

(see the answer keys)

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