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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Theory of Sexuality.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is periodic depression?
(a) A specific type of anxiety neurosis.
(b) Depression that comes and goes.
(c) Depression in women that occurs during their cycle.
(d) It is similar to episodic depression.

3. What characteristics make the "talking" or "listening" cure method most effective?
(a) Act of letting out one's rage.
(b) Displacement theory.
(c) Honest speech and carefully cultivated listening modes.
(d) Hypnosis.

4. What does the editor explain about Freud in the Introduction?
(a) That he was an orphan.
(b) That he is from Austria and is Jewish.
(c) That he has the psychology of being an outsider.
(d) That he is homosexual.

5. What does Freud hate?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Mental Illness.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Hysteria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the norm for translated texts?

2. Who is the editor of The Freud Reader?

3. How is Freud being viewed by the culture in the chapter "The Theory of Sexuality"?

4. What system of Freud's is dominated by the "talking" or "listening" cure?

5. What does Freud refer to as an 'incurable ailment'?

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