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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 item is give to the Queen at the end of the story?
(a) Mirror.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Knife.
(d) Wand.

2. What item is used to guide the characters to where they need to be?
(a) Road signs.
(b) Stars.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Pebbles.

3. Who lives at the particular dwelling?
(a) Witch.
(b) Ogre.
(c) Wizard.
(d) Fairy godmother.

4. This child may also be the one who does what?
(a) Gets into the most trouble.
(b) Wreaks havoc.
(c) Gets captured.
(d) Saves the day.

5. Children are most likely to express these new feelings in what way?
(a) Through dreams.
(b) With defiance.
(c) Non-verbally.
(d) Verbally.

Short Answer Questions

1. One character exhibits which of the following?

2. As a general rule, every child believes in ______ on some level.

3. According to this section of the text, some cultures have done what to fairy tales?

4. Snow White's step-mother is jealous of what about Snow White?

5. What animal had more sense than the main character(s) in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the underlying moral of the story?

2. How does Bettelheim separate the Oedipus Complex between boys and girls?

3. What is the opinion of the fantasies as they regard truth?

4. Others object to the immersion in a world of fantasy. Why?

5. What examples are given by Bettelheim in regards to oral fixation and the two stories?

6. How does Hansel exhibit denial when going into the forest?

7. What is ironic about outlawing fairy tales and the attitudes of the Victorian age?

8. What did the birds know about the situation that the children did not?

9. What do the children gain from their ordeal with the witch?

10. What is the reason that the number three is significant in fairy tales?

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