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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. Most dreams of adults are traced by analysis to _____.

2. What is a child full of when being put to sleep by his mother?

3. At the _____ of the two psychical apparatuses exists censorship.

4. An adult learns to postpone _____.

5. Freud calls his theory of the formation of dreams _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How do people compensate for not knowing the meaning of aspects of dreams?

2. When is symbolism effective in dream interpretation?

3. What types of symbols exist in dreams?

4. How are obscure dreams formed?

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

6. How do speeches use the same idea as calculations in dreams?

7. What is the difference between internal and external stimulus?

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

9. What type of dream that expresses a desire is invariably accompanied by a feeling of dread and why?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name and explain the three classes of dreams that Freud classifies. Who has these particular dreams? How are manifest and latent content ascribed to dreams of each class?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the importance of symbolism in dreams. How is it used in dream interpretation? How much of a dream can be analyzed this way?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Freud defines the complexity of dream meaning in terms of the translation of real world events into the primarily visual medium of dreaming. What problems does this pose? How is symbolism involved?

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