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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the king first tell his sons to bring him to prove their worth as heir in "The Three Feathers"?

2. What individual broke the Greek Hercules mythology down and discovered that the myth was made up of a succession of fairy tales?

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

4. Carl Jung is often considered the first modern psychologist to state that the human psyche is "by nature" what?

5. Who wrote The Primitive Races of Mankind?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What mention of Egypt is cited in the origins of fairy tales?

8. What does the king represent in "The Three Feathers" according to von Franz?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the symbolism of the ring imagery in the story "The Three Feathers." What different meanings are ascribed to the ring? How do they apply to the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss number symbolism in "The Three Feathers" and other fairy tales studied over the course. How does von Franz establish meaning for the number three?

Essay Topic 3

What theorists believe that fairy tales derived from myth? How does the author believe in this regard?

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