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

2. What philosopher wrote of stories that old women told their children, called mythoi?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Plato.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Euripides.

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

4. Who published the fairy tale "The Three Feathers"?
(a) Brothers Grimm.
(b) Michael Anderson.
(c) Aesop.
(d) Johann Brahms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mythologies and legends differ from fairy tales because they have many what, according to the author?

2. What is the title of Chapter 4?

3. Where does Dummling's feather fly to in "The Three Feathers"?

4. What German philosopher, theologian, poet, and literary critic is associated with the periods of Enlightenment, Sturm und Drang, and Weimar Classicism?

5. Who is the author of Types of Folk Tales?

Short Essay Questions

1. What example does von Franz offer to explain the origins of religious ritual in Chapter 2?

2. How does the Jungian system of interpretation differ from other approaches, according to the author?

3. What does von Franz write regarding the Self and ego in Chapter 4?

4. What is von Franz's position regarding the myth versus fairy tale origin? What analogy is made?

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

6. How do archetypal stories arise, according to the author?

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

8. What does von Franz remark of fairy tales involving animals in Chapter 2?

9. What do the brothers do after their father's challenge has begun in "The Three Feathers"? What does Dummling do?

10. What is the second challenge issued by the king in "The Three Feathers"?

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