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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. What is the state of the psychical intensity of the dream in the relation to its sensory vividness?

2. What was the antique shawl that Freud gave one of his friends a charm against?

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

4. Which medical writer does Freud quote when he speaks of the medical views of his time on the nature of dreams?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of language is expressed in dreams?

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

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

4. What does Freud say is the nature of the dreams of children?

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. How does Freud describe the dreamer's reaction to dreams upon waking?

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

9. What is Freud's impression of the ideas about dreams that were espoused by the medical profession of his time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Freud's idea on the reasons for absurdity in dreams. Use the dream of Mr. M--- as an example. Why is this dream absurd? What role does absurdity play in determining the meaning of the dream?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the importance of the sleep state in dreaming. What is its importance in childhood? How does it change in adulthood?

Essay Topic 3

Explain how Freud defines the roles of seemingly opposite occurrences in dreams. What do these seemingly opposing events often signify? What is the significance of "agreement" of ideas on dreams?

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