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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 mother may be portrayed as what?
(a) Absent.
(b) Loving.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Wicked.

2. Many parents who are considered to be ________ dislike fairy tales.
(a) Informed.
(b) Psychologists.
(c) Sophisticated.
(d) Modern.

3. What is the first item offered to Jack in exchange for the cow?
(a) Magic stick.
(b) Magic beans.
(c) Four gold coins.
(d) Goat.

4. What item is used to guide the characters to where they need to be?
(a) Road signs.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Pebbles.
(d) Stars.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One objection to fairy tales is that they are not ____________.

2. What animal is seen at the ogre's house and thought to be most valuable?

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

4. The youngest sibling may be portrayed as what?

5. Where is Jack sent with the family cow?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do some people object to fairy tales in relation to reality?

3. What is the underlying moral of the story?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. The number three may represent what family relationships?

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