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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 a child full of when being put to sleep by his mother?

2. There are definite dreams with a painful content that do not contain _____.

3. How many classes are dreams about the realization of desire divided into, according to Freud?

4. How does some dream content that is sexual appear?

5. What does the symbol of a King meaning in dreams?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How are obscure dreams formed?

5. What is the difference between adults and children in terms of the knowledge of reality?

6. Why does Freud say that dream work is a special psychical process?

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

8. What is the nature of adult dreams, according to Freud?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Freud means by dream displacement. How does this relate to dream condensation? What is the importance of events that happen the day before the dream in illustrating the concept of dream displacement?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Define the role of censorship in relation to dreams. What are the two parts of the psychical apparatus involved in the construction of thoughts? Why does Freud see censorship as a borderland between these two parts? What happens to the balance of power between these parts during sleep?

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