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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. As a general rule, characters in fairy tales tend to be:
(a) On a journey.
(b) One-dimensional.
(c) Young.
(d) Impulsive.
2. What famous character has been studied by psychologists and psychiatrists?
(a) Cinderella.
(b) Big bad wolf.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Sphinx.
3. What is not offered to the fisherman?
(a) Three wishes.
(b) A new boat.
(c) Safe way home.
(d) Gold.
4. What does the fisherman find in his net?
(a) Copper pot.
(b) Mermaid.
(c) Talking fish.
(d) Nothing.
5. Children would have no need for fairy tales if their dreams were _________________.
(a) Simple.
(b) Complex.
(c) Understood.
(d) Realistic.
6. It was predicted that Oedipus would kill who?
(a) Child.
(b) Brother.
(c) Queen.
(d) King.
7. Fairy tales are often thought to provide what to a child?
(a) A vivid imagination.
(b) Valuable learning experiences.
(c) Nightmares.
(d) Delusions.
8. During this phase, a child often tends to feel what?
(a) Unloved.
(b) Confused.
(c) Estranged.
(d) Overwhelmed.
9. One or more of the main characters is related to which food?
(a) Gingerbread.
(b) Honey.
(c) Beans.
(d) Fish.
10. Which two philosophers are referred to in "Fairy Tale Versus Myth?"
(a) Homer and Plato.
(b) Socrates and Aristotle
(c) Kierkegaard and Sartre.
(d) Aristotle and Plato.
11. An adult may take a childhood fairy tale and turn it into what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Nightmare.
(d) Dream.
12. The child learns how to separate what two aspects of the personality?
(a) Good and evil.
(b) Sorrow and joy.
(c) Confusion and clarity.
(d) Kindness and anger.
13. What is another word that means the same as kind?
(a) Coddling.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Worrisome.
(d) Benevolent.
14. Fairy tales also teach that one will be rewarded if one does not attempt to avoid what?
(a) Evil.
(b) Struggle.
(c) Peril.
(d) Goodness.
15. The separation of good and evil is often portrayed in fairy tales through what type of character?
(a) Evil magical creature.
(b) Wicked Stepmother.
(c) Benevolent force.
(d) Monster.
Short Answer Questions
1. Many modern fairy tales have lost their impact and meaning because they have been _________________.
2. An adult may see the relationship between the wolf and the grandmother as _________________.
3. What might be used to express inner conflict?
4. A child may be scared in thinking that his grandmother has been replaced by what?
5. Religious parables gave the child a view of all of the following except for which one?
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