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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Family Romances.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Freud argue happens to the child in the first stage of the developmental process?
(a) The child loves everyone.
(b) The child feels that others are taking his or her parents away from them.
(c) The child questions everything.
(d) The child begins to grow territorial.

3. What does the childhood period serve in a person's life, according to Freud?
(a) The essential and formative period in the development of the adult psyche.
(b) The essential and formative period in the development of the adolescent psyche.
(c) It is unimportant.
(d) It shapes us as adults.

4. What image does a child try to retain?
(a) The happy memories of his or her parents.
(b) The bad image of his parents.
(c) The good image of his parents.
(d) The happy childhood he or she had.

5. What is the suppression in a dreamer usually a result of, according to Freud?
(a) The conflict between the ego and the conscious.
(b) A conflict between the unconscious and conscious.
(c) The conflict between the desire and the reality.
(d) The conflict between reality and fantasy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many forces does Freud argue are at play in the formation of early childhood memories?

2. What does Freud focus on in the essay "Family Romances"?

3. Where do those who suffer from unhealthy dreaming go to?

4. What is banal content and emotional resonance essential to?

5. What does the process of growth of children in the family involve, according to Freud?

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