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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. The main focus of Freud's book is the ___________ of dreams.
(a) disproval
(b) dreaming
(c) sharing
(d) interpreting

2. Freud also talks about the _________ who have calculated the preponderance of painful or distressing dreams.
(a) traditionalists
(b) other analysts
(c) patients
(d) two ladies

3. Freud must "_________" that dream content has actual meaning.
(a) explain
(b) insist
(c) understand
(d) prove

4. What sparked interest in how general the theory of wish fulfillment in dreams is?
(a) A walk in the park
(b) A book Freud read
(c) A sleepless night
(d) The Irma dream

5. Freud believes other dream analysts should ask whether or not there are other types of ___________ besides wish fulfillment.
(a) categories
(b) concepts
(c) ideas
(d) dreams

Short Answer Questions

1. Freud justifies that his method is a ______ method of dream interpretation.

2. The contrasts between dreams and waking states are ___________.

3. The scientific world is left without _______ for dream interpretation because of the idea that dreams are illogical and invaluable.

4. Whose poetry does Freud cite as evidence of his own dream manifestations?

5. Dream theories hold that dreams are not ____________ activities.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freud say about the nature of dreams?

2. What does Freud share as something vital in understanding dreams?

3. Freud says that dream interpretation can be problematic because it should not be based on what?

4. What does Freud have to say about criticism by the dreamer?

5. What are the physical sources of dreams according to Freud?

6. Whose studies on children does Freud refer to and why?

7. What is one of the things that Freud says can threaten careful dream study?

8. What is the final additional component of dream formation?

9. What is another form of displacement that Freud brings offers?

10. What is another way Freud describes the symbols found in dreams?

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