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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Carl Jung considered the process of what necessary for a person to become whole?
(a) Culmination.
(b) Separation.
(c) Individuation.
(d) Standardization.

2. 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?
(a) Religion.
(b) Folklore.
(c) Myth.
(d) Epic.

3. Theodor Benfey traced all fairy tales to where?
(a) England.
(b) India.
(c) Africa.
(d) China.

4. Marie-Louise von Franz bases much of her interpretation of psychology and fairy tales on whose theories?
(a) Sigmund Freud's.
(b) Carl Jung's.
(c) Bruno Bettelheim's.
(d) Hilde Domin's.

5. In Von Franz' metaphor for myth and fairy tale, what might local sagas or myth be?
(a) Flesh.
(b) Earth.
(c) Sand.
(d) Water.

6. It is suggested by the author that Jesus was the spiritual successor to which Greek god?
(a) Dionysus.
(b) Ares.
(c) Zeus.
(d) Apollo.

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

8. What is the title of Chapter 4?
(a) Analyzing and Interpreting Fairy Tales.
(b) "The Three Feathers."
(c) A Tale Interpreted: "The Three Feathers."
(d) An Introductory Analysis.

9. How many "functions of consciousness" are there in Jungian psychology?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

10. Who responds the best to stories involving animals, according to the author?
(a) Young children.
(b) Older adults.
(c) Young adults.
(d) Animals.

11. Which writer of antiquity had a "Beauty and the Beast" type story titled, "Amor and Psyche"?
(a) Aurelius.
(b) Plautus.
(c) Apuleius.
(d) Aristophanes.

12. In Chapter 1, Von Franz writes that fairy tales "are the purest and simplest expression of collective ______ psychic processes."
(a) Conscious.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Aware.
(d) Unconscious.

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

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

15. Which individual tried to interestingly link dreams with fairy tales, though he had none of the psychoanalytic or Jungian vocabulary to assist him?
(a) Ludwig Laistner.
(b) E. Stuck.
(c) Kaarle Krohn.
(d) Theodor Benfey.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Von Franz, what figure in a tale represents a restoration of the accord between ego and self?

2. What refers to feminine essence buried in the unconscious of every man in Jungian psychology?

3. What term is used to refer to the resolution of a story?

4. What term means to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle?

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

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