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

2. With the rise of scientific thought, expressive mythology was transferred to _____.

3. The table d'hote contains _____ to the free ride in the cab.

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

5. The _____ are longer in the third category of dreams.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when there is nothing in common between dream thoughts?

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.?

9. What is the role of self-criticism in relation to morbid dread?

10. How do the photographs of Francis Galton relate to Freud's idea of common factors in dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the dream Freud has of Mrs. E.L. How does he analyze this dream? What conclusions about dream interpretation does he come to as a result of this analysis?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Freud views dream calculations. What is the nature of these calculations? What examples does he use to explain this concept?

Essay Topic 3

Describe what Freud means by dream condensation. What example does he use to illustrate this concept? How does it do this?

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