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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Uncanny.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does God mean to Freud?
(a) He gives him peace.
(b) He calms him.
(c) He is an idealized and exalted figure.
(d) He does not believe in him.

2. What culture believes a vulture is a symbol of one's mother?
(a) French.
(b) American.
(c) Egyptian.
(d) Italian.

3. What does stealing the flowers represent in Henri's adolescent memory?
(a) His sexual excitement.
(b) His desire for freedom.
(c) His desire to deflower or seduce his cousin.
(d) That he is incestual.

4. How did Da Vinci perceive romantic love?
(a) With regret.
(b) Too idealized.
(c) With hope.
(d) With disgust.

5. Who is the main person in Henri's early childhood memory?
(a) A turtle.
(b) A young girl.
(c) A bird.
(d) A young boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the family romance fantasy an attempt of the subconscious to reconcile with?

2. What animal opens up Da Vinci's mouth in his memory from when he was a baby?

3. What is the condition of the memory once the two forces coexist in the case of a childhood memory?

4. Which family relationship does Freud focus on in "Family Romances"?

5. What does Freud feel Da Vinci's bizarre childhood memory really is?

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