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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. What is the third thing the toad gives to Dummling in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A baby toad.
(b) A crown.
(c) A ring.
(d) A carpet.

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

3. What is the third thing that the king orders his sons to find in "The Three Feathers"?
(a) A ring.
(b) A beautiful woman.
(c) A goblet.
(d) A carpet.

4. What does Von Franz equates to the timelessness/spacelessness of the unconscious in fairy tales?
(a) Once upon a time.
(b) The theme.
(c) The animus.
(d) The hero.

5. Where had Marie-Louise von Franz given the lectures that were the basis of The Interpretation of Fairy Tales?
(a) Zurich Psychological Institute.
(b) Newark Psychological Institute.
(c) C.G. Jung Instistute.
(d) Sigmung Freud Institute.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dummling's feather land on in "The Three Feathers"?

2. Who wrote The Primitive Races of Mankind?

3. At the end of the telling of a fairy tale, there is also often a "bringing back to" what, according to von Franz?

4. Carl Jung considered the process of what necessary for a person to become whole?

5. Who wrote The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the first steps in interpreting a fairy tale?

2. What suggestion is made regarding Christianity and myth in Chapter 2?

3. What debate is established regarding myth and fairy tale in Chapter 2?

4. What is von Franz's position on psychological interpretation of fairy tales, as discussed in Chapter 1?

5. Who founded the Finnish School and what associations did it have with fairy tales?

6. Who is the character Dummling? What is his character role?

7. What does von Franz write of the significance of the fairy tale in psychological meaning in the Preface and Chapter 1?

8. What are the "functions of consciousness"? How do they apply to interpretation?

9. What is the response of the brothers after the ring has been found in "The Three Feathers"?

10. What does von Franz write of Dummling's analysis in "The Three Feathers"?

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