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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. Who often comes out as the person in the best light according to the complex?
(a) Parents as a unit.
(b) Father.
(c) Mother.
(d) Child.

2. Bettelheim believes that the moral in the early version is ________.
(a) Obvious.
(b) Overstated.
(c) Absent.
(d) Subtle.

3. What enchanted musical instrument belongs to the ogre and is stolen by Jack?
(a) Harp.
(b) Lute.
(c) Flute.
(d) Xylophone.

4. What time period is referred to in this section?
(a) Medieval times.
(b) Middle ages.
(c) Edwardian era.
(d) Victorian age.

5. Supporters of fairy tales also state that ____ in fairy tales help children express a side of their personality that may not otherwise be explored.
(a) Violence.
(b) Complexity.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which body part of the wolf's is not mentioned in either version of the story?

2. Others believe that telling and supporting fairy tales may encourage a child to do what?

3. The youngest sibling may be portrayed as what?

4. Bettelheim states that the forest represents what in the story?

5. What item is used to guide the characters to where they need to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main difference in Perrault's version?

2. What is the moral involved with the children eating the gingerbread house?

3. The number three may represent what family relationships?

4. Describe the realistic beginning of "Hansel and Gretel."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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