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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. With the rise of scientific thought, expressive mythology was transferred to _____.
(a) Astrology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Demonology.
(d) Pathology.

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

5. What does Freud say the boy of eight sees the heroes that he reads about as?
(a) Father figures.
(b) Enemies.
(c) Models.
(d) Teachers.

6. 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?
(a) "Fascinations of the Mind".
(b) "Dream Phantasies".
(c) "Frontal Lobe and Dreams".
(d) "Cranial Progressions".

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

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

9. What sort of master was the person who painted The Flood?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Italian.
(d) Greek.

10. The incongruence between a dream's _____ and the feelings they engender is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.
(a) Coloration.
(b) Wordlessness.
(c) Images.
(d) Demands.

11. Where is Freud sitting with Mrs. E.L. in his dream?
(a) Under an awning.
(b) At a table d'hote.
(c) On an over-sized armchair.
(d) On a sofa.

12. In the dream of Mrs. E. L., what is given to Freud by the main character which he desired from his wife in reality?
(a) Undivided attention.
(b) Car keys.
(c) Hugs.
(d) Gold coins.

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

14. Where does the boy in the Dachstein trip refuse to go?
(a) To the waterfall.
(b) To the farm.
(c) To the bear caves.
(d) To the peak.

15. Where does Mrs. E.L. put her hand in Freud's dream?
(a) On his head.
(b) Over her face.
(c) On his knee.
(d) On his hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dream's independence of _____ is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.

2. What was the food that the twenty-two-month-old boy was supposed to give to his uncle?

3. What was painted on the antique shawl Freud gave to one of his friends?

4. The painter in Freud's example groups all poets together for his painting of _____.

5. What does the patient whose sister has come to Freud for help say over and over?

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