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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Freud say that medical writers attribute accidental occurrences that influence dreams come from?
(a) Drug use.
(b) Physical abuse.
(c) Internal organs.
(d) Food intake.

2. The _____ language of the poets is thought to be important in dreams by Freud.
(a) Figurative.
(b) Disconcerting.
(c) Venerated.
(d) Hostile.

3. What was painted on the antique shawl Freud gave to one of his friends?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Trees.
(d) Cats.

4. What hero does the boy of eight dream of?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Achilles.
(c) Superman.
(d) Goliath.

5. What does Freud call the girl that has the dream about the bed?
(a) A Know-it-All.
(b) Mary Quite Contrary.
(c) Miss Little-Would-be-Big.
(d) Little Miss Muffet.

6. What does Freud characterize as witty and exaggerated in association with dream work?
(a) Colors.
(b) Digressions.
(c) Rhyme schemes.
(d) Nouns.

7. According to Freud, conversion of the latent thoughts into manifest thoughts _____.
(a) Has mystical implications.
(b) Should be ignored initially.
(c) Is completely useless.
(d) Deserves close study.

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

9. What is the likely result of selective interweaving of the elements of a dream during the condensation process?
(a) Karmic retribution.
(b) Regression.
(c) Ego flattening.
(d) Dreamless sleep.

10. What was the food that the nineteen-month-old girl got sick on?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Buttermilk.
(c) Blueberries.
(d) Strawberries.

11. What sort of trip did the three-and-a-half-year-old girl go on?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Sea.
(c) Hiking.
(d) Plane.

12. How does Freud characterize the question as to the meaning of the dream?
(a) As single-minded.
(b) As reproachful.
(c) As double-sided.
(d) As comical.

13. What is the state of the psychical intensity of the dream in the relation to its sensory vividness?
(a) It is dominant.
(b) It is transposed.
(c) It is opposing itself.
(d) It is accurate.

14. Which inventor does Freud compare his discoveries to?
(a) Marconi.
(b) Jung.
(c) Auer.
(d) Tesla.

15. Freud tells the reader to conceive of a politician's address in _____ to understand the process that takes place in converting events into dreams.
(a) Pantomime.
(b) Colors.
(c) Two dimensions.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. With the rise of scientific thought, expressive mythology was transferred to _____.

2. How does Freud say that dreams were regarded by pre-scientific people upon wakening in terms of manifestation of higher powers?

3. What is sitting in Freud's lap during the dream where he is riding in the carriage?

4. How does Freud characterize the bond between complicated nature of dreams and the difficulty expressing thoughts connected to the dream?

5. Who is sitting on the bench with Freud in the dream where he is riding in a carriage?

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