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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the food that the twenty-two-month-old boy was supposed to give to his uncle?
(a) Strawberries.
(b) Bananas.
(c) Cherries.
(d) Apples.

2. What was the antique shawl that Freud gave one of his friends a charm against?
(a) The Malocchio.
(b) The plague.
(c) Dragons.
(d) Animal spirits.

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

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

5. Since the downfall of mythological hypothesis in dreams, Freud writes that interpretation of the dream has been _____.
(a) Horrifying.
(b) Somewhat delusional.
(c) Wanting.
(d) Brilliant.

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

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

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

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

10. Condensation and _____ do not wholly account for the difference between dream contents and dream thoughts.
(a) Dramatization.
(b) Characterization.
(c) Correlation.
(d) Realization.

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

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) Gold coins.
(c) Hugs.
(d) Car keys.

13. Where does the girl go to stay who has the dream about the bed?
(a) To a hospital.
(b) To her grandfather's house.
(c) To her aunt's house.
(d) To a Swiss hotel.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The first dream thoughts which are unraveled by analysis are striking because of their _____.

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

3. The dream treats the "either-or" scenario as _____.

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

5. Dream displacement is designated as the _____ of psychical values.

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