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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the bond between complicated nature of dreams and the difficulty expressing thoughts connected to the dream?
(a) As lacking motive.
(b) As detached.
(c) As inconclusive.
(d) As intimate.

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

3. Who is sitting on the bench with Freud in the dream where he is riding in a carriage?
(a) A former university tutor.
(b) An apothecary.
(c) His first wife.
(d) A former girlfirend.

4. The condition of the dream's _____ is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.
(a) References.
(b) Characters.
(c) Origin.
(d) Expiration.

5. What sort of health resort was Freud at with his wife before the dream of Mrs. E. L.?
(a) Roman.
(b) Tyrolese.
(c) Amish.
(d) New Age.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the question as to the meaning of the dream?

2. What does Freud call the ideas encompassing the thought that dreams are worthless in their content?

3. The chief idea of the dream of Mrs. E. L. is the desire to enjoy a love that is _____.

4. One medical writer characterizes dreams as a physical process that is always useless and frequently _____.

5. In Freud's estimation, the dream about Mrs. E.L. is used as an example because it has the advantage of _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens if the idea of dream displacement is abolished during analysis?

2. How does Freud feel that the dream's means of expression compare to that of a person's imagination?

3. What is the function of the ego in dreams?

4. What are the two meanings of the word "cost" in German and how does this affect Freud's interpretation of the dream of Mrs.E. L.?

5. How does Freud use psychoanalysis when he has a patient experiences morbid dread?

6. What does Freud quote Schubert as saying about dreams and what is meant by this?

7. How does Freud discover the meaning of the propyl injection in one of his dreams?

8. Why does the eight-year-old boy in one of Freud's examples dream of mythical events?

9. What is manifest content of dreams?

10. What does Freud mean by "paradox of content"?

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