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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. Religious parables gave the child a view of all of the following except for which one?
2. What is the negative aspect related to the character(s)?
3. Fairy tales are often thought to provide what to a child?
4. What is it called when a person looks for the worst in everything?
5. The downside of that personality may equate which of the following to a child?
Short Essay Questions
1. Bruno Bettelheim quotes Charles Dickens on fairy tales. What does Dickens say?
2. Historically speaking, what things most often formed a child's intellect?
3. When do fairy tales truly begin to make sense to a child?
4. Who is Louis MacNeice and what does he say about fairy tales?
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. Explain the difference of fairy tales in various cultures. Are they all considered to be fairy tales?
7. How does Dickens' statement relate to the conflict of allowing children to experience fairy tales?
8. What type of character is often seen as the representation of good versus evil?
9. What example is used regarding the differentiation between fantasy and reality?
10. What is the difference between an adult that has no experience with fairy tales and a child who does?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Some adults have expressed concerns about the lack of reality and truthfulness in fairy tales. Write an essay discussing the level of truth in fairy tales. How does fantasy compare to lying? Why is one preferable to the other? Are they the same thing? How might a child take the fantasy and turn it into a habit of lying? How would it affect the child's life? How would it affect the parents? What stories seen in modern media could be viewed as fantasy and lies?
Essay Topic 2
Many fairy tales have sexual connotations. This involves everything from the oedipal influence to the avoidance of temptation and compromising situations through to preparing a child for puberty and eventual adulthood. Write a 1000-word essay on the use of sexual connotations in fairy tales. What is considered to be helpful? What might be harmful? What might be considered to be inappropriate? Use examples.
Essay Topic 3
Research and find an ancient myth of your choice. Convert the myth into a modern day fairy tale. Use Tolkien's outline for creating a successful story as well as Bettelheim's additions to the outline. What are the biggest changes that will need to be made? Which are the easiest? Which are the most difficult? How did the story change?
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