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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 hero does the boy of eight dream of?

2. Where does the girl go to stay who has the dream about the bed?

3. Freud asks the question, can sense be made of each single dream as of other_____?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is manifest content of dreams?

3. What is the function of the ego in dreams?

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

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

6. What is latent content of dreams?

7. How does Freud use psychoanalysis when he has a patient experiences morbid dread?

8. What does Freud quote Schubert as saying about dreams and what is meant by this?

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

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

Essay Topic 2

Compare Freud's opinion of the meaning dreams in pre-scientific days to the meaning of dreams in his time. What was the basis of determining the meaning of dreams in pre-scientific days? How had this changed in Freud's time?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the three classes of dreams in relation to the realization of desire. Where does repression fit in and to what degree for each category?

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