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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Expressions in ___________________ are not so difficult.
2. Each symbol in the dream relates or refers to the dreamer's life and _______ state.
3. Freud explores the ____________ process if a dream is a condensed version of thoughts by virtue of its leaving out most of those thoughts.
4. Freud notes that the nature of dreams as _____ items in which the intensity of the elements is displaced.
5. The dreamer's ________ typical stimuli is never consistent.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Freud notes that death dreams are actually wish fulfillment dreams. How does Freud explain this idea? Do you agree with this idea? Why or why not? What are some other interpretations that could be given for death dreams? Using Freud's ideas and theories, what would a dream about birth then mean? Would it have the opposite interpretation or the same one?
Essay Topic 2
The forgetting of dreams is a big topic of debate for Freud as he seems to believe it is not that dreams cannot be remembered, but that a patient's view of dreams is what stands in the way of his memory. What evidence does Freud offer to support this theory? Does he ever seem to contradict himself in this idea? What other reasons does Freud give for the forgetting of dreams? What do you personally believe makes one forget about dreams?
Essay Topic 3
Freud brings up the idea of the subconscious, the pre-conscious, and the unconscious in this book. What are the definitions of each? How do these terms relate to each other? How do these terms relate to the dream interpretation process? What do these states have to offer the dreamer in their everyday life? Does the separation of thought patterns complicate life or make it easier? Why?
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