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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Preface of The Interpretation of Fairy Tales, Marie-Louise von Franz writes that this book is based on lectures she gave over how many years ago?
(a) 30.
(b) 4.
(c) 20.
(d) 10.

2. Which Egyptian god was associated with the falcon?
(a) Osiris.
(b) Ra.
(c) Isis.
(d) Horus.

3. What can symbolize connection between two people, but it can simultaneously represent being enslaved?
(a) A heart.
(b) A feather.
(c) A ring.
(d) A crown.

4. According to the author, animals in fairy tales are anthropomorphized aspects of what?
(a) Religious imagery.
(b) Cultural stimulus.
(c) Ethnic relations.
(d) Human conditions.

5. What does Von Franz refer to as the irrational and feminine essence?
(a) Super-ego.
(b) Animus.
(c) Anima.
(d) Id.

Short Answer Questions

1. What term refers to an object or thing which represents something else?

2. In Von Franz' metaphor for myth and fairy tale, what might local sagas or myth be?

3. Is it suggested by the author in Chapter 2 that Jesus was the spiritual successor of which Egyptian god?

4. Von Franz establishes that the second step in evaluating and interpreting a fairy tale is to determine its what?

5. What is the title of Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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