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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 happens to the peasant women when trying to jump in "The Three Feathers"?

2. What does Von Franz determine to be the symbolic meaning of the golden ring in "Prince Ring"?

3. What can symbolize connection between two people, but it can simultaneously represent being enslaved?

4. What teaches the unity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as three persons in one Godhead?

5. Von Franz implies the symbolism in the final act of "The Three Feathers" means that we, as individuals, must find the "inner center" of our what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the challenge in the finale of "The Three Feathers"?

2. What is von Franz's interpretation of Dummling's descent into the trap door in "The Three Feathers"?

3. What represents the shadow in the story "Prince Ring"?

4. What does the burning of the frog-skin represent to von Franz in the Russian "The Three Feathers"?

5. What happens to the peasant women in the final challenge of "The Three Feathers"? What is the significance?

6. What does von Franz write of the witch and the barrel in "Prince Ring"?

7. What is the toad representative of in "The Three Feathers," according to von Franz?

8. Where are the prince and princess invited in the Russian version of "The Three Feathers"? What happens?

9. What differences are in the setup of the Russian version "The Three Feathers"?

10. What does the number three represent, according to von Franz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role that paganism or early religion plays in the Russian story "The Three Feathers." How does von Franz associate the transition to Christianity in her interpretation?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that spirituality plays in Jungian psychology. How does Jung differ from Freud in examining the role of religion or spirituality in the psyche? How does Jungian analysis serve literature differently in this regard?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of the publication of Grimm's Fairy Tales. What did this do for historical interest in the fairy tale?

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