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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5 (pp. 33-38).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freud states that rigid-minded people say that dreams are but _____.
(a) Dogma.
(b) Sea-foam.
(c) Drudgery.
(d) Entertainment.

2. Why did the father of the girl of six cut her trip short?
(a) Because it was late.
(b) Because she was hungry.
(c) Because she was sick.
(d) Because he was sick.

3. Freud asks the question, can sense be made of each single dream as of other_____?
(a) Methods of survival.
(b) Functions of the body.
(c) Mental syntheses.
(d) Types of dreaming.

4. What is the role of the essential content which stands out clearly and broadly in the dream after analysis?
(a) To puzzle the dreamer.
(b) To instruct the dreamer.
(c) Completely dominant.
(d) Very subordinate.

5. What does Mrs. E.L. comment on in Freud's dream?
(a) His marriage to his wife.
(b) His beautiful eyes.
(c) The weather.
(d) Her finances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the doctor assure a patient he is working with that is not a possible state of mind to be in?

2. Freud has a dream about an injection of _____.

3. What is the salient feature of the manifest content of the dreams of children?

4. What elements of the brain does Freud feel the medical writers narrowly attribute the nature of dreams to?

5. 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?

(see the answer key)

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