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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the editor of The Freud Reader?
(a) Pete Gary.
(b) Gary Peters.
(c) Pete Graves.
(d) Peter Gay.

3. What does Freud reiterate is the first rule of psycho-analysis?
(a) To trust one's therapist.
(b) To undergo hypnosis.
(c) To speak freely.
(d) For the therapist to listen to the patient.

4. What system of Freud's is dominated by the "talking" or "listening" cure?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Psycho-analysis.
(c) Hysteria.
(d) OCD.

5. What does Freud rename the term 'subconscious'?
(a) Misleading.
(b) An impulse.
(c) Wrong.
(d) One's innate desires.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Freud, in what decade did this man put forth the idea of "birth trauma"?

2. How does the therapist of the nicknamed patient term his descriptions of childhood experiences?

3. What is the patient nicknamed in "Obsessional Neuroses"?

4. What symptoms does Freud's patient have after the experience in "Dreams"?

5. What happens to symptoms as their causes are laid bare?

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