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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 psychological complex is referred to in this section?
(a) Inferiority.
(b) Oedipus.
(c) Role reversal.
(d) Superiority.

2. One objection to fairy tales is that they are not ____________.
(a) Well defined.
(b) Helpful.
(c) Moral.
(d) Realistic.

3. Like many fairy tales, Snow White has what kind of connotations?
(a) Oepidal.
(b) Inferiority.
(c) Superiority.
(d) Complex.

4. The father may be portrayed as what?
(a) Superhero.
(b) Duplicitous.
(c) Absent.
(d) Loving.

5. What activity causes the Queen to die?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Horseback riding.
(c) Duelling.
(d) Mixing poison.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of material was used to make Red's hood?

2. In the story, what is the underlying issue between Jack and his father?

3. What is the original title of Jack and the Beanstalk?

4. Separation from one's family helps a child to develop which trait?

5. What type of shelter presented itself to the characters?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the name and crux of the original tale regarding Jack and the Beanstalk?

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. Which parts of the mind are addressed? Who studied this concept?

5. Why does Bettelheim say that fairy tales are meant to be told, not read?

6. What is the result of this change? How do the children view their mother?

7. Why do some people object to fairy tales in relation to reality?

8. What is the underlying moral of the story?

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

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

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