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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Separation from one's family helps a child to develop which trait?

2. What enchanted musical instrument belongs to the ogre and is stolen by Jack?

3. What activity causes the Queen to die?

4. What type of shelter presented itself to the characters?

5. In one version, what happens to Red and the grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. The number three may represent what family relationships?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Although some cultures find little if any difference between myths, fables, fairy tales, and religious parables, the author points out the differences. Compare and contrast these types of stories and how they affect various cultures.

Essay Topic 2

Some parents are concerned that a child will become so intrigued with fairy tales that he will begin to believe in and dabble in the magic arts. Discuss the magic arts as they apply to fairy tales. What are magic arts? What might a child want to try? Is any one of the arts dangerous? How might it go against a family's structure or moral code? Have you ever dabbled in the magic arts? Explain. Which magic arts would be most commonly investigated by a curious child? What do you think would happen?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the origins of fairy tales as presented in the book. When was the majority of the tales created? Where? By whom were the stories written? Was there one culture responsible for most or all of them? Explain. How can the origin be proven? Also explore the use of oral tradition in storytelling in various cultures and eras.

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