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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. Freud sees philosophers as _____ dreams.
(a) Complaining about life in.
(b) Completely reversing the order of.
(c) Over-valuing.
(d) Underestimating.

2. Which inventor does Freud compare his discoveries to?
(a) Tesla.
(b) Marconi.
(c) Auer.
(d) Jung.

3. The thought that Freud has never had anything for nothing is _____ to Freud.
(a) Stinging.
(b) A source of pride.
(c) Confusing.
(d) Derailing.

4. One medical writer characterizes dreams as a physical process that is always useless and frequently _____.
(a) Morbid.
(b) Elevating.
(c) Contrary.
(d) Decisive.

5. Who owes Freud a large sum of money that he relates to the dream of Mrs. E.L.?
(a) A family member.
(b) A colleague.
(c) A clergy member.
(d) An ex-girlfriend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of reminiscences are typical of dreams?

2. What does Freud say that the popular view of the interpretation of dreams is grounded in?

3. What is sitting in Freud's lap during the dream where he is riding in the carriage?

4. What is the salient feature of the manifest content of the dreams of children?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freud mean by the "common mean"?

2. What is the nature of Freud's relationship with Mrs. E.L.?

3. Why does the little boy in one of Freud's examples dream of cherries?

4. What are the contradictory concepts in the woman's dream about the flower stalk?

5. What issues come to Freud's mind regarding manifest and latent content?

6. In Freud's dream example of the bathers, how does condensation occur?

7. What sort of language is expressed in dreams?

8. When Freud is reminded of Auer's Light by the glass hat, what conclusion does he come to?

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

10. Why does the little girl in the example Freud gives dream of strawberries and eggs?

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