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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The waking brain thinks in ___________ images.

2. Freud offers to prove the theory that dreams are not driven by ________.

3. At the same time, Freud believes dreams are poetic, divinatory and ________.

4. Freud ends the section with proverbs about what __________ dream of.

5. Interpreting dreams as __________ theory is not a new idea, Freud admits.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some sources of memories that can arise in dreams?

2. The transformation of unconscious thoughts does not imply what, according to Freud?

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

4. What is Freud's logic about the reason why wish fulfillment dreams are not the only dreams?

5. Instead of the dream turning a waking idea into a dreaming hallucination, what happens?

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

7. Of what does Freud discuss the conflicts and contradictions?

8. What is the concern about the disguise of the dream?

9. Freud says that a scene or wish in the unconscious progresses toward the pre-conscious. What happens then?

10. What is the wrong way to interpret symbols in dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freud concedes at one point that there are limitations to symbolic dream interpretation. Why does he feel this way? What are some of the limitations that you see to symbolic dream interpretation? What can these limitations cause? How can these limitations be overcome? Can they? Can symbols be standardized, for example?

Essay Topic 2

Freud states that childhood memories may not be 'available' during our waking hours. Why would these memories not be available? Do you agree with Freud? Why or why not? What does Freud think the value of childhood memories is? How can the past be connected to the present? Why is the childhood such an important part of the dream interpretation process?

Essay Topic 3

Freud states that the relationship between the dreaming and the waking state is contradictory and unable to be resolved. Why does he say this? What examples of contradictory features does Freud offer? Do you agree with Freud? Why or why not? Is there a way to resolve these two states? How? Do you feel that naming these two states is necessary? Why or why not?

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