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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. Many modern fairy tales have lost their impact and meaning because they have been _________________.
(a) Simplified.
(b) Changed.
(c) Reinvented.
(d) Translated.

2. What is it called when a person looks for the worst in everything?
(a) Optimism.
(b) Cynicism.
(c) Realism.
(d) Pessimism.

3. A child is unable to understand _________________.
(a) Evil.
(b) Duality.
(c) Motive.
(d) Resourcefulness.

4. What types of issues are most often addressed in fairy tales?
(a) Religious.
(b) Universal.
(c) Cultural.
(d) Personal.

5. The author states that learning how to integrate personalities is ______ to a child.
(a) Essential.
(b) Pointless.
(c) Important.
(d) Beneficial.

Short Answer Questions

1. Both philosophers believed that myth equaled what?

2. The fisherman is called upon to use ______ to get out of a bad situation.

3. What story does the little girl relate to her mother?

4. What might be used to express inner conflict?

5. Fairy tales tend to start out in what way?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why have some parents and educators outlawed fairy tales?

2. How does a child learn to deal with problems through fairy tales?

3. When does the oedipal period begin to appear in a child's life?

4. What are the two developmental crises referred to by the author?

5. Fairy tales encourage the belief that there is always something waiting at the end of the story. What is it? Why is it given?

6. What is the difference between an adult that has no experience with fairy tales and a child who does?

7. Explain the difference of fairy tales in various cultures. Are they all considered to be fairy tales?

8. Why are fairy tales important to the development of a child's mind?

9. Historically speaking, what things most often formed a child's intellect?

10. How does a child view the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood?

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