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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. One objection to fairy tales is that they are not ____________.
(a) Helpful.
(b) Realistic.
(c) Well defined.
(d) Moral.

2. Separation from one's family helps a child to develop which trait?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Discrimination.
(c) Social skills.
(d) Self-reliance.

3. What animal had more sense than the main character(s) in the story?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Bird.
(c) Chipmunk.
(d) Turtle.

4. What item is give to the Queen at the end of the story?
(a) Shoes.
(b) Knife.
(c) Wand.
(d) Mirror.

5. Who supposedly wrote the original version of the story?
(a) Grimm.
(b) Carroll.
(c) Tolkien.
(d) Perrault.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The complex really revolves around which of the following?

4. Bettelheim says it would be easy to refer to the parents of this area as _________________.

5. Like many fairy tales, Snow White has what kind of connotations?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is ironic about outlawing fairy tales and the attitudes of the Victorian age?

4. What is the result of this change? How do the children view their mother?

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

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

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

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

9. What is different about the existence of the targeted parent in the boy's story?

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

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