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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. How does Freud say that dreams were regarded by pre-scientific people upon wakening in terms of manifestation of higher powers?
(a) As instructional for the future.
(b) As informative.
(c) As worthless.
(d) As friendly or hostile.

2. One medical writer characterizes dreams as a physical process that is always useless and frequently _____.
(a) Morbid.
(b) Contrary.
(c) Decisive.
(d) Elevating.

3. Freud sees philosophers as _____ dreams.
(a) Completely reversing the order of.
(b) Underestimating.
(c) Complaining about life in.
(d) Over-valuing.

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

5. The dream of Freud's own about Mrs. E.L. appears confusing and meaningless to Freud's _____.
(a) Decision-making process.
(b) Memory.
(c) Morality.
(d) Taste.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the new investigative tool that Freud uses to interpret dreams?

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

3. 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?

4. What does Freud say did not accompany any aspect of the dream process in regards to his dream of Mrs. E.L.?

5. Where does Freud say that medical writers attribute accidental occurrences that influence dreams come from?

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