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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 psychological complex is referred to in this section?
(a) Role reversal.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Oedipus.

2. What psychological implications are presented in this story?
(a) Gratification.
(b) Affection.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Independence.

3. 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) Evil.
(b) Violence.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Complexity.

4. A child may feel that nothing is expected of him if he feels:
(a) Unskilled.
(b) Stupid.
(c) Immature.
(d) Unworthy.

5. In Little Red Riding Hood, what is the most significant change from the older version to the new version?
(a) The woodsman.
(b) Ending.
(c) Red's grandmother.
(d) Items in basket.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of material was used to make Red's hood?

3. What was the original name of Little Red Riding Hood?

4. Bettelheim believes that the moral in the early version is ________.

5. Where is Jack sent with the family cow?

Short Essay Questions

1. Others object to the immersion in a world of fantasy. Why?

2. What is the basis of each version of Little Red Riding Hood? What is the main difference?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the underlying moral of the story?

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

10. Why does Bettelheim say that fairy tales are meant to be told, not read?

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