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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. The more _____ the dream is, the greater is the part to be attributed the impetus of displacement in its formation.
(a) Obscure and intricate.
(b) Varied and intense.
(c) Vivid and colorful.
(d) Languid and controlled.

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

3. What was he seeking from his wife in the incident before the dream of Mrs. E. L., in Freud's conclusion in Chapter 4?
(a) Access to her dowry.
(b) A kiss.
(c) Money.
(d) Undivided attention.

4. What is the name of the new investigative tool that Freud uses to interpret dreams?
(a) Impressionism.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Shock therapy.
(d) The scientific method.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freud say that dreams were regarded by pre-scientific people upon wakening in terms of manifestation of higher powers?

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

3. Who helps the woman out of the water in Freud's dream about the bathers?

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

5. Where is Freud sitting with Mrs. E.L. in his dream?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does the five-year-old boy in one of Freud's examples dream of ascending the Dachstein?

5. What does Freud view as the popular view of the nature of dreams?

6. What is manifest content of dreams?

7. How does Freud suggest that dreams are read?

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

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

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

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