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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 does the symbol of a room mean?

2. Freud states that the study of dream symbolism is far from _____.

3. How does the woman who is married in the theater dream feel about having married so young?

4. Freud states openly that there are certain thoughts Freud has about his dream of Mrs. E. L. that he doesn't want _____ to know.

5. The second psychical apparatus has the advantage that its products find _____ to consciousness.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is displacement the most striking of all dream performances?

2. How is the figure of three florins, sixty-five kreuzers reached in the woman from Vienna's dream?

3. What happens to the woman the day of the dream she has about the funeral and why is this significant??

4. Why is the boy in the story by Baldwin Groller considered a "bad boy"?

5. What types of symbols exist in dreams?

6. What is a syllogism and how does it relate to Freud's theory of dream calculations?

7. When is symbolism effective in dream interpretation?

8. How do definite dreams of painful content fit into Freud's three classes of dreams according to their relationship to desire?

9. What happens when the woman from the theater dream uncovers her repressed thoughts?

10. Why does Freud decline to use parts of the dream about Mrs. E. L. to reveal his own repressed thoughts?

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

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 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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