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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 term means to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle?
(a) Deconstruct.
(b) Decompose.
(c) Upearth.
(d) Construct.

2. Von Franz believes fairy tales originate as "local ___."
(a) Religions.
(b) Myths.
(c) Anecdotes.
(d) Sagas.

3. Von Franz suggests that one should not be what about a fairy tale interpretation in Chapter 3?
(a) Structured.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Psychological.
(d) Logical.

4. What term is typically used to refer to polytheistic religious traditions, although from a Christian perspective the term can encompass all non-Abrahamic religions?
(a) Pluralism.
(b) Nonsecularism.
(c) Neopaganism.
(d) Paganism.

5. According to Freudian psychology, what comprises that organized part of the personality structure that includes the individual's ego ideals, spiritual goals, and the psychic agency that criticizes and prohibits his or her drives, fantasies, feelings, and actions?
(a) Super-ego.
(b) Ego.
(c) Id.
(d) Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom do the brothers buy a carpet in "The Three Feathers"?

2. What religion is arose from local saga to mythological status, according to the author in Chapter 2?

3. According to Von Franz, when the ego takes over, to the denial of the Self, this leads to what type of behavior?

4. According to Freudian psychology, what comprises that organized part of the personality structure that includes defensive, perceptual, intellectual-cognitive, and executive functions.?

5. Who contended that fairy tales were of Babylonian origin?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does fairy tale differ from myth?

4. When did interest in the fairy tale as an intellectual subject arise? Who associated fables with Christianity?

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

6. Who were some of the early thinkers who associated fairy tales with psychology?

7. What is the theory of the "decayed myth"?

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

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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