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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Freud, what does a patient need to do during therapy?
(a) Confide in their therapist.
(b) Report information voluntarily.
(c) Be alert.
(d) Take medications.

2. The woman who complained about the advice given by her therapist was NOT told to do which of the following?
(a) Become a nun.
(b) Masturbate.
(c) Take another lover.
(d) Go back to her husband.

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

4. According to Freud, how does he term the patient's experience with the grown man?
(a) A sexual trauma.
(b) A moment of anxiety.
(c) A hysterical experience.
(d) Psychoanalysis.

5. What reason is given for using the name Dora?
(a) It rhymes with the real patients name.
(b) It is an acronym.
(c) It is a false female patients name.
(d) She is an explorer.

6. According to Freud, what type of discernible relationship is typically found in what he calls the 'anal character'?
(a) Insomnia to depression.
(b) A symbiotic relationship of physical and mental well being.
(c) The peace of mind to that of daily stress.
(d) One with a particular part of the body and its sensitivity.

7. What does Freud state is the purpose for his work?
(a) To heal people through psychoanalysis.
(b) To analyze peoples way of thinking.
(c) To understand people's sexuality.
(d) To understand his mother's mental illness.

8. According to the editor, from what does the current American society suffer?
(a) Lack of perception into what they feel.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) Obesity.
(d) Anxiety related to recognizing and treating neuroses and hysteria.

9. What is 'Dora's' problem?
(a) She is a hysteric.
(b) Her treatment is negatively affecting her home life.
(c) She has an eating disorder.
(d) She is a neurotic.

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

11. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic for what Freud terms the 'anal character'?
(a) Obstinate.
(b) Orderly.
(c) Parsimonious.
(d) Organized.

12. What does Freud not address concerning heredity and sexuality in "The Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) The theory that some are born homosexual as the same built-in heterosexual.
(b) That heterosexuality is innate.
(c) That homosexuality is hereditary.
(d) That homosexuals choose to be so.

13. What is the norm for translated texts?
(a) For the publishing company to hire a translator to work with the author.
(b) For the author to translate it him or herself.
(c) For the translator to be referred to.
(d) For the translator to travel to the foreign country to learn colloquial terms.

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

15. What are two symptoms of periodic depression mentioned in "Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Mood swings.
(c) Anger.
(d) Social withdrawal and irritability.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the pre-pubescent period of child development?

2. What does Freud mention happens when a person endeavors to practice psychoanalysis, but has little experience?

3. What will therapists insist upon in a situation like 'Dora'?

4. What does the editor explain about Freud in the Introduction?

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

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