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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. The mind of a child is not set up to understand what?
(a) Gradations.
(b) Reality.
(c) Complex thoughts.
(d) Consequences.

2. What philosophical and religious event also happens in that version?
(a) Guilt.
(b) Karma.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Rebirth.

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

4. Like many fairy tales, Snow White has what kind of connotations?
(a) Complex.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Oepidal.

5. What famous writer is referred to in regards to the structure of fairy tales?
(a) Perrault.
(b) Carroll.
(c) Grimm.
(d) Tolkien.

Short Answer Questions

1. People during this period are referred to as being which of the following?

2. What animal had more sense than the main character(s) in the story?

3. Snow White's step-mother is jealous of what about Snow White?

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

5. How many ways are there in which this situation might be resolved?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What examples are given by Bettelheim in regards to oral fixation and the two stories?

3. Explain the opinions of psychoanalysts in regards to fairy tales and violence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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