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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Totem & Taboo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say is a type of mental pathology?
(a) Anxiety neuroses.
(b) Transference.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

2. What does Freud say about repressed material in relation to the patient?
(a) It is best to ignore it.
(b) It is best to address it.
(c) It is best to let the patient get near it.
(d) It is best for the therapist to see it first.

3. What does Freud speculate about the people reading the section on totem pets, who have pets?
(a) They will be disappointed that the subject is not very exotic.
(b) They will want to adapt this way of thinking.
(c) They will be sad.
(d) They will be intrigued.

4. At the end of the chapter, "The Theory of Sexuality," what does Freud want to accomplish?
(a) For people to be aware of mental illness.
(b) For the reader to tell someone else about his book.
(c) The reader to know these are all hypotheses.
(d) The reader to have a better understanding of Freudian psychology.

5. How is Freud being viewed by the culture in the chapter "The Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) Successful and popular.
(b) Eager to please.
(c) Smart and brilliant.
(d) Weary of his ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one of the terms introduced that is one or a bundle of behavioral symptoms that shows something is 'wrong'?

2. What are two symptoms of periodic depression mentioned in "Theory of Sexuality"?

3. How does Freud view the woman's complaint about her therapist's advice?

4. What does Freud's term "wild" mean?

5. What does Freud say happens to the animal in totem when it is killed as a need for food?

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