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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say is needed to understand human sexuality in "The Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) One must have sex.
(b) Knowledge of how sex works prevents pregnancies.
(c) Separate aberrations from healthy sexuality.
(d) Scientific research.

2. Which of the following does Freud NOT mention therapists should assure their patients will not impede in therapy?
(a) Sex.
(b) Suspiciousness.
(c) Distrust.
(d) Fear.

3. Who is the first official patient of psychotherapy?
(a) Dora.
(b) Charcot.
(c) Anna O.
(d) John Kerry.

4. What is a specific difficulty of Freud's research?
(a) He was blind.
(b) The illnesses of 'Dora'.
(c) The interference of his drug use.
(d) The intangibility of the subject matter.

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

6. How does Freud view bisexuality?
(a) He believes it is innate.
(b) He believes it is hereditary.
(c) He believes it is unrelated to genetics.
(d) He doesn't care about bisexuality.

7. What is Dora in the chapter "Dreams"?
(a) A theory created by Freud.
(b) The reasoning behind hysterics.
(c) Fragment of and Analysis of a Case of Hysteria.
(d) The title of this section of the book.

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

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

10. What does Freud include about one's sexual preference?
(a) The meaning of one's adolescent love is a forerunner of their future sexual preference.
(b) How to decipher one's sexual desire.
(c) How to prevent inversion.
(d) How to prevent pregnancy.

11. What affects the way dream ideas are interpreted?
(a) What REM cycle we are in when analyzing.
(b) Our daily schedule.
(c) The amount of time we sleep.
(d) The goals of understanding the dream.

12. What does Freud comment on at the end of "The Final Paper"?
(a) He hopes its a beginning not an end to this topic.
(b) He hopes it will end all discussion on this topic.
(c) He wants to do more studies on this topic.
(d) He needs better equipment to prove this study.

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

14. What year was Freud's paper published that was mentioned in "The Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1908.

15. What does Freud suggest often happens during infantile masturbation in childhood development?
(a) A child questions sexuality unconsciously.
(b) A child develops a sexual preference.
(c) A child falls in love with a relative.
(d) A child develops a sexual drive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of change do sexual instincts undergo during this period of psychoanalysis?

2. What does Freud find as the link of most neuroses?

3. What does Freud say about children that are twelve years old in "The Theory of Sexuality"?

4. What is also included in the section about understanding human sexuality in "The Theory of Sexuality"?

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

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