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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the "ups and downs" of a story?
(a) Peripeteia.
(b) Lysis.
(c) Middle.
(d) Logos.

2. What German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic is associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism?
(a) Andrew Warner.
(b) Johann Herder.
(c) Alexander Pushkin.
(d) Artur Dinter.

3. Von Franz writes that many fairy tales involve the hero following what to a secret and fantastic place?
(a) A feather.
(b) A spider.
(c) A snake.
(d) A ball.

4. Witches were said to brew potions using what, according to Von Franz?
(a) Salamanders.
(b) Snails.
(c) Toad parts.
(d) Snake parts.

5. According to Von Franz's interpretation of "The Three Feathers," the king represents what?
(a) The animus.
(b) The Self.
(c) The id.
(d) The ego.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a group of systems, traditions, and beliefs which hold that the relative positions of celestial bodies and related details can provide information about personality, human affairs, and other matters?

2. Who wrote the work Symbolik des Marchens for which Marie-Louise von Franz contributed interpretation?

3. What refers to the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated occurring together in a meaningful manner?

4. The author states that there are those that believe in the theory of the "decayed myth," that is, larger myths "decay" and break down over time, fragmenting into episodes that get retained as what?

5. What is the second thing the toad gives to Dummling in "The Three Feathers"?

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