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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Theory of Sexuality Continued.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Freud's mentor make such progress in psychology?
(a) He would note every equation he came up with.
(b) He would test random people for illness.
(c) He varied his testing methods.
(d) He would sequence his findings and test them.

2. What did Freud's mentor decipher?
(a) The reasons people are neurotic.
(b) How to diagnose a severe case of multiple personalities.
(c) Hysterical and neurotic symptoms in men and women.
(d) Dora's illness.

3. What is addressed in "The Making of Psychoanalysis"?
(a) The treatment of hysteria.
(b) Freud's relationship to his mother.
(c) Freud's method of research.
(d) The analysis and use of hypnosis.

4. What does Freud find causes symptoms of mental illness to subside?
(a) Listening attentively and compassionately.
(b) Allowing the patient and doctor to have a casual relationship.
(c) Letting the patient hit something.
(d) Telling the patient how to fix their problem.

5. Who did the translations of Freud's work from German to English?
(a) Freud.
(b) W. W. Norton and Company Inc.
(c) It is unclear who translated the text.
(d) Peter Gay.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristics make the "talking" or "listening" cure method most effective?

2. What term does Freud use as an alternate to homosexual?

3. What does Freud want to constantly be reminded of throughout his book?

4. What does the editor say about the patient's healing in "The Making of Psychoanalysis"?

5. What has likely happened to the translations of Freud's work?

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