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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which medical writer does Freud quote when he speaks of the medical views of his time on the nature of dreams?
(a) Geotz.
(b) Binz.
(c) Kiergaard.
(d) Baden.

3. The injection dream reminds Freud of his first visit to _____.
(a) Munich.
(b) Venice.
(c) Paris.
(d) Frankfurt.

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

5. The relation of the dreamer's _____ when he is awake is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.
(a) Psychic awareness.
(b) Psychical life.
(c) State of living.
(d) Physical health.

6. What is the salient feature of the manifest content of the dreams of children?
(a) Their multi-faceted views on life.
(b) Their meaningless quality.
(c) Their connection with spirituality.
(d) Their connection with life of the day.

7. The dream treats the "either-or" scenario as _____.
(a) Being mutually exclusive.
(b) Being unimaginative.
(c) Having equal rights.
(d) Having no importance.

8. What does Freud say of the dream's means of expression versus those of the imagination?
(a) That they are superior.
(b) That they are continuous.
(c) That they are equal.
(d) That they are meager.

9. 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) Car keys.
(b) Undivided attention.
(c) Hugs.
(d) Gold coins.

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

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

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

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

14. What does the doctor assure a patient he is working with that is not a possible state of mind to be in?
(a) A hysterical one.
(b) A concentrated one.
(c) A misplaced on.
(d) A blank one.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The dream of Freud's own about Mrs. E.L. appears confusing and meaningless to Freud's _____.

2. What is the name of the painting in the Cycle of Melusine that is a reference to Freud's dream of the bathers?

3. Whose family photographs does Freud use as an example of common factors in a composite?

4. The ego of Mr. M--- in Freud's dream is represented as a _____.

5. Freud compares his idea of composite figures to the _____ compositions of people from the Orient.

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