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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2 (pp. 8-17).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the antique shawl that Freud gave one of his friends a charm against?
(a) Animal spirits.
(b) The plague.
(c) The Malocchio.
(d) Dragons.

2. Which mental ailment does Freud give as an example to illustrate his techniques for dream analysis?
(a) Paranoia.
(b) Melancholia.
(c) Morbid dread.
(d) Hysteria.

3. With the rise of scientific thought, expressive mythology was transferred to _____.
(a) Demonology.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Pathology.

4. Freud says that many philosophers maintain that dreams have their origin in _____.
(a) Past lives.
(b) Common childhood fantasies.
(c) Real spiritual excitations.
(d) Artistic expression.

5. What does Freud say impairs a patient's ability to impart ideas about his obsessions?
(a) Sleep deprivation.
(b) Self-criticism.
(c) Self-centeredness.
(d) Catatonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dream's independence of _____ is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.

2. What does the doctor assure a patient he is working with that is not a possible state of mind to be in?

3. How does Freud characterize the question as to the meaning of the dream?

4. What does Mrs. E.L. comment on in Freud's dream?

5. Which piece of writing by Scherner and Volkelt does Freud give credit to in terms of his opinion on the ideas that philosophers of his time have on dreams?

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