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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is another word Freud uses for "condensation" in dreams?
(a) Flow.
(b) Glow.
(c) Depression.
(d) Compression.

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

5. Freud compares his idea of composite figures to the _____ compositions of people from the Orient.
(a) Landscape.
(b) Plant.
(c) Animal.
(d) Fish.

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

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

8. What word from the dream of Mrs. E. L. has a double meaning?
(a) Cost.
(b) Table.
(c) Roast.
(d) Spinach.

9. What is sitting in Freud's lap during the dream where he is riding in the carriage?
(a) A green coat.
(b) A glass top hat.
(c) A ceramic cat.
(d) A velvet rope.

10. Who helps the woman out of the water in Freud's dream about the bathers?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Freud's mother.
(c) The swimming master.
(d) The owner of the bath.

11. What is the attitude, according to Freud, of the medical community toward dreams?
(a) Contemptuous.
(b) Enthusiastic.
(c) Ambivalent.
(d) Creative.

12. The _____ are longer in the third category of dreams.
(a) Dream plots.
(b) Sleep deprivation times.
(c) List of family characters.
(d) Narrative commentaries.

13. What type of reminiscences are typical of dreams?
(a) Recent.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Early childhood.
(d) Adolescent.

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

15. The chief idea of the dream of Mrs. E. L. is the desire to enjoy a love that is _____.
(a) Controlling.
(b) Highly communicative.
(c) Vibrant.
(d) Disinterested.

Short Answer Questions

1. Freud states that rigid-minded people say that dreams are but _____.

2. Freud's mindset in the dream of Mrs. E. L. is that he would like _____.

3. What sort of health resort was Freud at with his wife before the dream of Mrs. E. L.?

4. What does Freud call the girl that has the dream about the bed?

5. The _____ language of the poets is thought to be important in dreams by Freud.

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