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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which inventor does Freud compare his discoveries to?
2. The incongruence between a dream's _____ and the feelings they engender is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.
3. Who is sitting on the bench with Freud in the dream where he is riding in a carriage?
4. Freud compares his idea of composite figures to the _____ compositions of people from the Orient.
5. What was the antique shawl that Freud gave one of his friends a charm against?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the eight-year-old boy in one of Freud's examples dream of mythical events?
2. 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.?
3. What issues come to Freud's mind regarding manifest and latent content?
4. What happens if the idea of dream displacement is abolished during analysis?
5. How does Freud feel that the dream's means of expression compare to that of a person's imagination?
6. In Freud's dream example of the bathers, how does condensation occur?
7. What is the role of self-criticism in relation to morbid dread?
8. Why does the five-year-old boy in one of Freud's examples dream of ascending the Dachstein?
9. What is Freud's impression of the ideas about dreams that were espoused by the medical profession of his time?
10. Why does the little girl in the example Freud gives dream of strawberries and eggs?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the meaning of mixed figures or composites in dreams. What elements can make up their features? What is the significance of common features in dream analysis?
Essay Topic 2
Define the role of censorship in relation to dreams. What are the two parts of the psychical apparatus involved in the construction of thoughts? Why does Freud see censorship as a borderland between these two parts? What happens to the balance of power between these parts during sleep?
Essay Topic 3
Describe how Freud views dream calculations. What is the nature of these calculations? What examples does he use to explain this concept?
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