Jorgensen describes “idealized masculinity” in her study as…

often rendered invisible or undetectable in the story

What “split” does Tatar describe in the 19th century in the storytelling tradition around “Little Red Riding Hood"

Two distinctive versions develop: one for children and one for adults.

Which is not one of the key assumptions Benessaieh describes as prevalent in discourse on multiculturalism

cultures can best be described as a spectrum.

What is Benessaih's problem with Malinowski’s functionalist approach?

based on small communities studied in isolation from the impacts of world

What is meant by description of Gilbert and Gubar’s reading that the father is acoustically present if physically absent

The father doesnt need to be present to enforce patriarchal structures

Interpretive anthropology…

proposed to study culture as webs and flows.

According to Benessaieh, what of the following is not one major point of criticism for the term “multiculturalism”?

It questions the idea that cultures are different from one another.

Roald Dahl’s poems draw an explicit connection between which two common fairytales?

Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs”

According to Anderson, communities should be distinguished according to

how they create and conceptualize themselves

Political scientists like Samuel Huntington and Anthony Smith…

reinforce essentialist views about national cultures as specific/exclusive

The Brothers Grimm were inspired to study ancient German literature and folklore because…

professor’s belief in the relationship spirit of law, language, customs

“The Tale of the Tiger Woman” shares which of the following elements with the French and Italian versions of this story?

The little girl escapes by pretending to go to the bathroom.

How does the concept of transculturality differ from the concept of hybridity?

Hybridity implies a ‘hyphenated’ identity between two stable notions

In 1837, along with five other professors, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (the Göttingen Seven)…

refused to swear an oath to the King of Hannover and were fired

According to Tatar, one unique aspect of the “Beauty and the Beast” story is that…

has a double trajectory, highlighting transformations of Beauty and Beast

What is one major difference between “Tsélané and the Marimo” and all the other versions of the story?

The little girl never leaves her house.

Which of the following is not one of what Anderson describes as the three fundamental paradoxes of nationalism?

Nationalism has always existed, but we lacked the vocabulary to describe it

Which is not one of the possible endings for the “wicked Queen” figure in a version of the Snow White story in Tartar

She is pecked to death by crows.

What tropes of the animal-bride story most align with what might describe as warnings about the danger of exogamy

stories about the victims of seduction or abduction

According to Anderson, the concept of the nation as a sovereign state came into being at a time when...

Enlightenment philosophy and upheaval weakened belief in social hierarchy

For Tatar, tales about animal brides and animal grooms have transformed most in the 20th century by

Beast increasingly assumes the leading role.

While Jacob and Wilhelm became famous from their lifework and scholarship, the remaining four Grimm siblings…

largely struggled to establish careers for themselves.

The Brothers Grimm were strongly opposed to the French occupation of German-speaking Europe…

but they were also opposed to the restoration of oppressive German princes.

What story element is shared by both the Italian and French versions of the story, but absent from the German version?

The girl is encouraged to eat part of her grandmother.

Which of the statements is false: Jorgensen observes that when feminist folklore scholars started investigating gender

they also began reconsidering the role of masculinity.

According to Jorgensen, the study of masculinity in fairytales in folklore scholarship has…

lagged behind the study of femininity.

Which of the following statements is untrue about the Grimm brothers?

they did not learn Latin or Roman history.

According to Zipes, which description of the Brothers editorial method is most accurate?

made changes to their stories both in the initially and in later editions

Anderson argues that the ‘cultural roots of nationalism’ are partly responsible for...

a sense of comradery that has been exploited with violent consequences.

What substantial plot detail existed in the 1812 edition of “Rapunzel” but was edited out of the 1857 edition?

Mother Gothel finds out because Rapunzel says her clothes are too tight

The Brothers Grimm mostly collected folklore by…

inviting storytellers to their home and taking notes on the tales

How does “The Story of Grandmother” differ significantly from the Grimms’ version of the “Little Red Cap” fairytale

All possible answers are correct.

According to Zipes, the Grimms were idealists and believed…

knowledge about one’s culture increase self-awareness/social enlightenment

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1
Jorgensen describes “idealized masculinity” in her study as…
something many male characters die trying to achieve.
rarely defining the narrative arc of a fairytale.
often rendered invisible or undetectable in the story
often determined by the specific vocabulary chosen by literary translators.
2
Although they are most famous for their collections of fairy tales, the Brothers Grimm also published…
several volumes of the first comprehensive German dictionary.
All of the above
collections of German myths and legends.
scholarly works on Germanic languages and literatures.
3
What “split” does Tatar describe in the 19^th century in the storytelling tradition around “Little Red Riding Hood"
Two distinctive versions develop: one for television and one for literature
LRRH becomes increasingly sexualized in most versions of the story.
Two distinctive versions develop: one for children and one for adults.
LRRH universally becomes less clever as a trickster figure
4
Which is not one of the key assumptions Benessaieh describes as prevalent in discourse on multiculturalism
cultures can best be described as a spectrum.
cultures are inherently stable.
cultures exist as self-contained, separate entities.
cultures, by nature, tend towards conflict with one another.
5
Jorgensen’s study finds that the bodies of male characters in fairytales are subjected to all of the following except…
visibility
violence
deformity
transformation
6
What is Benessaih's problem with Malinowski’s functionalist approach?
This view was largely based only on case studies from Europe.
Malinowski has since been disproven as a fraud.
based on small communities studied in isolation from the impacts of world
doesn't take practice of storytelling/study of folklore into consideration
7
What is meant by description of Gilbert and Gubar’s reading that the father is acoustically present if physically absent
the evil stepmother’s spells render the father invisible
The father’s voice is typically present in pivotal moments of the story.
father uses his voice and heightened sense of hearing to help his daughter
The father doesnt need to be present to enforce patriarchal structures
8
Interpretive anthropology…
is another word for causalist anthropology.
proposed to study culture as webs and flows.
was strongly opposed in new developments pioneered by Clifford Geertz.
was invested in the study of cultural development in isolation.
9
According to Benessaieh, what of the following is not one major point of criticism for the term “multiculturalism”?
It questions the idea that cultures are different from one another.
It encourages communities to cultivate differences.
It posits diversity as a collection of intrinsically distinct communities.
It can lead to the ghettoization of cultural communities.
10
In imagined communities, anderson describes "nationality" and "nationalism" as cultural artefacts which developed in...
Late 19th century
late 1800's
Late 18th century
Early 1900's
11
All versions of the “LRRH” story in Tatar’s collection contain the trope of a little girl going out alone alone
True
False
12
Roald Dahl’s poems draw an explicit connection between which two common fairytales?
“Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”
“Goldilocks” and “Little Red Riding Hood”
Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs”
“Goldilocks” and “The Three Little Pigs”
13
According to Anderson, communities should be distinguished according to
how they create and conceptualize themselves
how many resources they control
how genuine/false they are
the number of citizens they contain
14
Political scientists like Samuel Huntington and Anthony Smith…
argue for the constructed, non-fixed character of national cultures.
understand national culture as overlapping and cosmopolitan.
reinforce essentialist views about national cultures as specific/exclusive
question idea that nations exist in competition for survival/perpetuation
15
The Brothers Grimm were inspired to study ancient German literature and folklore because…
professor’s belief in the relationship spirit of law, language, customs
interested in historical precedents for overthrowing the French monarchy.
their father had been a literature professor.
they wanted to found a new academic discipline: Germanistik.
16
“The Tale of the Tiger Woman” shares which of the following elements with the French and Italian versions of this story?
little girl is rescued by the intervention of a new character at the end
The little girl’s brother gets eaten.
The little girl escapes by pretending to go to the bathroom.
The little girl hides in a tree.
17
How does the concept of transculturality differ from the concept of hybridity?
Transculturality implies ‘hyphenated’ identity between two stable notions
According to Benessaieh, they are actually interchangeable.
Hybridity implies a ‘hyphenated’ identity between two stable notions
Hybridity provides model where cultural ascriptions are negotiated/shifted
18
According to Benessaieh, which disciplines pioneered the use of the term transculturality?
psychology and psychiatry
history and historiography
literary and media studies
sociology and anthropology
19
Many of the current debates around cultural diversity and globalization mirror debates about stability of culture
True
False
20
The Grimms’ version of Snow White includes both a good biological mother and a wicked stepmother?
True
False
21
The functionalist approach to anthropology defines culture as a highly permeable context in a state of constant flux.
False
True
22
In 1837, along with five other professors, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (the Göttingen Seven)…
founded a university department on study of Germanic languages/literatures
staged a coup against the King of France and became German national heroes.
became advocates for German Communism, resulting in Revolution of 1848
refused to swear an oath to the King of Hannover and were fired
23
According to Tatar, one unique aspect of the “Beauty and the Beast” story is that…
has exclusively been interpreted as story of heteronormative romantic love
has a double trajectory, highlighting transformations of Beauty and Beast
it is extremely difficult to retell through different media like theater
has not received sufficient attention from scholars
24
The brothers Grimm spent most of their lives wandering about Germany and gathering authentic tales from peasants.
False
True
25
What is one major difference between “Tsélané and the Marimo” and all the other versions of the story?
The little girl does not escape.
Nothing wants to eat the little girl.
The little girl also has a father figure in the story.
The little girl never leaves her house.
26
Which of the following is not one of what Anderson describes as the three fundamental paradoxes of nationalism?
Nations have political power their philosophies r incomplete/contradictory
Nations are a modern concept but are often portrayed as ancient.
Society says the nation is universal, nation sees itself differently
Nationalism has always existed, but we lacked the vocabulary to describe it
27
Which is not one of the possible endings for the “wicked Queen” figure in a version of the Snow White story in Tartar
She falls to her death from a high cliff.
She is sent away into exile.
She is pecked to death by crows.
She dances herself to death in red hot shoes.
28
What tropes of the animal-bride story most align with what might describe as warnings about the danger of exogamy
stories about one’s superiority over competition
stories about the victims of seduction or abduction
stories about the victims of seduction or abduction
stories about perceived differences and disadvantages
29
According to Anderson, the concept of the nation as a sovereign state came into being at a time when...
revolutions had reestablished monarchies ruling by divine right.
Communism was threatening the established global order during the Cold War.
Enlightenment philosophy and upheaval weakened belief in social hierarchy
expansion of European colonial empires had controlled a lot of the world
30
For Tatar, tales about animal brides and animal grooms have transformed most in the 20th century by
Beauty has received increasing agency in modern retellings.
Stories increasingly stress the importance of obedience.
Stories increasingly stress the importance of compromise.
Beast increasingly assumes the leading role.
31
Anderson says, even the most ‘messianic nationalists’ dream of uniting all of humanity under a single national banner
False
True
32
By Anderson’s definition, which of the following would not be an imagined community?
Friend Group
German 386
USA
UofM
33
While Jacob and Wilhelm became famous from their lifework and scholarship, the remaining four Grimm siblings…
experienced far greater financial success than their more studious brothers
did much of the behind-the-scenes work collecting the fairy tales.
became accomplished painters and illustrators.
largely struggled to establish careers for themselves.
34
The Brothers Grimm were strongly opposed to the French occupation of German-speaking Europe…
and joined the Young Germany movement as advocates for German democracy
therefore Jacob refused to work as King Jérôme’s librarian in Kassel
and Napoleons defeat ushered in a period of peace and stability for Germany
but they were also opposed to the restoration of oppressive German princes.
35
Which of the following is not a meaning Benessaieh describes as commonly used in association with transculturality?
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
identitary continuum
cross-cultural competence
plural sense of self
36
The Grimm's earliest fairy tales contain few scholarly annotations
True
False
37
What story element is shared by both the Italian and French versions of the story, but absent from the German version?
A male figure appears at the end to rescue the girl.
The girl brings a gift for her grandmother.
The girl is encouraged to eat part of her grandmother.
The girl is encouraged to undress.
38
Which of the statements is false: Jorgensen observes that when feminist folklore scholars started investigating gender
they concentrated on the study of femininity.
the study of masculinity was developing in adjacent academic fields.
argued traditional approaches centered themes and genres relevant to men
they also began reconsidering the role of masculinity.
39
According to Jorgensen, the study of masculinity in fairytales in folklore scholarship has…
lagged behind the study of femininity.
always taken precedence over the study of femininity.
sought to hinder the critical study of femininity.
long characterized the formalist approach to folkloristics.
40
Gilbert and Gubar present one possible reading of “Snow White” as cyclical
True
False
41
Which of the following statements is untrue about the Grimm brothers?
they needed to apply for special dispensations to study law at university
the early death of their father sent family into socioeconomic turmoil
they were treated by some of their teachers as social inferiors
they did not learn Latin or Roman history.
42
According to Zipes, which description of the Brothers editorial method is most accurate?
They wrote down the original oral traditions as accurately as possible
made stylistic changes to folktales they collected, but not story elements
Made initial changes when writing down tales, but later editions no editing
made changes to their stories both in the initially and in later editions
43
Jorgensen argues that being able to observe rather than be observed is…
an intrinsic quality for storytellers.
an aspiration for many male characters in fairytales.
an inherently feminine quality in most fairytales.
an expression of power.
44
Anderson argues that the ‘cultural roots of nationalism’ are partly responsible for...
the development of global trade networks.
connecting billions of people across the globe despite national borders.
the weakening of traditional ‘nuclear family’ values.
a sense of comradery that has been exploited with violent consequences.
45
According to Tatar and the ATU index of folktales, how many “tale-types,” depict courtships between human and beast?
1
5
4
2
46
What substantial plot detail existed in the 1812 edition of “Rapunzel” but was edited out of the 1857 edition?
Mother Gothel finds out because Repunzel wants to get married
Mother Gothel finds out because repunzel says that prince is easier to pull
Mother Gothel finds out because repunzel likes the princes food more
Mother Gothel finds out because Rapunzel says her clothes are too tight
47
The Brothers Grimm published the first ever collection of German folklore in 1805.
True
False
48
The Brothers Grimm mostly collected folklore by…
translating stories into German from other languages
riding around the German countryside and collecting peasants’ tales.
conducting detailed archival work in monasteries and castle libraries
inviting storytellers to their home and taking notes on the tales
49
How does “The Story of Grandmother” differ significantly from the Grimms’ version of the “Little Red Cap” fairytale
In the French version, the girl is resourceful and frees herself.
The French version is more explicitly sexual.
All possible answers are correct.
The German version contains two wolves.
50
According to Zipes, the Grimms were idealists and believed…
fairytales provide possible examples for pedagogy and childhood education
knowledge about one’s culture increase self-awareness/social enlightenment
their collections of folklore could unite Germany into a powerful empire.
carefully edited fairytales could convert Catholic Germans to Protestantism
51
Benessaieh describes that, with some exceptions, most societies…
are rarely impacted by migration.
are culturally mixed
are culturally fixed.
as nation-states contain ethnically homogenous populations within borders
52
According to Jorgensen’s initial findings, two of the most commonly commented on traits of male bodies in fairytales are
health and beauty.
physical stature and youth.
age and strength.
deformity and youth.
53
If a concept is a ‘cultural artefact’ of a specific time, it remains unchanged over different time periods.
False
True
54
According to Tatar, what famous British author describes Little Red Riding Hood as his first love?
Charles Dickens
J.R.R. Tolkien
Lord Byron
Neil Gaiman
55
Why does anderson describe the nation as imagined community?
Nations have not existed for more than a few centuries.
Concepts we imagine have no concrete impact on real life.
Nationalism can exist without communities.
We never meet most fellow citizens, but we believe we exist in a community
56
Anderson defines the nation as limited because all nations have finite boundaries, even if they shift
False
True
57
True or false: All versions of the “LRRH” story in Tatar’s collection contain the element of a girl wearing red?
True
False
58
The primary difference between “transculturality” and “transculturation” is…
transculturality emphasizes the transformation of cultures/ shifting power
transculturation centers the concept of cultural dominance.
transculturation says individual cultures are hierarchical and distinct
all are correct
59
Interculturality describes relation between majority and minority culture which are characterized as right to difference
False
True
60
In Italo Calvino’s “The False Grandmother,” the little girl’s grandmother is eaten by…
an ogress.
a wolf.
a cannibal.
a tiger.
61
For Gilbert and Gubar, what is the metaphorical significance of the first Queen’s framing in a window versus the mirror
first Queen represents liberation. the second Queen symbolizes servitude
The first retains outward facing prospects, the second looks only inward
first Queen hopes to escape from her husband, second wants to trick him
represents economic ascent through the acquisition of material goods.
62
According to Tatar, which of the following is not a constant in the cycle of Snow White-related tales?
nature and industrialization
beauty and monstrosity
child abandonment and sexual rivalry
cannibalism and necrophilia
63
Summarizing existing scholarship on the qualities of male characters in fairytales, Jorgensen observes these characters
are more active than female characters.
are often intelligent
are usually very physically fit.
frequently get complimented for their virtue.
64
Which of the following does Zipes not include in his list of the foremost critics of the Grimms’ fairytales?
folklorist
politicians
psychologist
literary critic
65
Which of the following best characterizes author Patrick Chamoiseau’s understanding of transculturality?
an identity formation unique to the Caribbean world
a hybrid of African and European cultural influences
the capacity of certain identities to transcend time or space
the ability of distinctive identity to emerge out of conflicting sources
66
Which of the following is not one of the possible interpretations of the mirror in the story as suggested by Tatar?
a reflection of latent sexual desire
trope of vanity
a reminder of temporality
a reminder of mortality
67
When Clemens Brentano finally requested the folktales, they sent him how many?
49
156
170
211
68
Which is not one of Jorgensen’s questions in response to Manly Traditions?
traditional categories of the fairytale need to be rethought
if masc. studies are successful without separating man from study of masc
whether masculinity studies is a backlash against feminism or independent
whether activism is a central component of masculinity studies
69
the term multiculturalism is to characterize specific public policies designed to manage questions of cultural diversity
True
False
70
For Tatar, the Disney version of the “Snow White” story…
radically polarizes two stark representations of femininity.
presents a nuanced range of feminine figures.
redefines Snow White’s role into that of a strong female protagonist.
depicts the harsh socioeconomic realities of labor.

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