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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What other work was being done in the field of psychology at the same time as the "birth trauma"?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Male sexuality.
(c) Sleep apnea.
(d) Female sexuality.

2. What part of the body is addressed in the two accounts on this Biblical figure?
(a) His arm.
(b) His beard.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His heart.

3. What does Freud say about people who think they deserve to be made up to for some injustice that they have endured?
(a) They will never get better.
(b) They are stubborn.
(c) They are ignorant.
(d) They see themselves as exceptions.

4. What does Freud find to be a consistent connection to his homosexual patients?
(a) An erotic connection between father and son.
(b) A neurotic connection between mother and son.
(c) An erotic connection between mother and son.
(d) A mental connection between father and son.

5. What does Freud call the term when two diverse psychic attributes drive behavior along different lines?
(a) Double mindedness of double consciousness.
(b) Spiral of thoughts.
(c) Different reasoning.
(d) Cycle of psyche.

6. According to Freud, how is narcissism described in its simplest form?
(a) Caring and attentive masturbation.
(b) Obsessive.
(c) Self involved.
(d) Egotistical.

7. What does Freud say the therapist must combine for the patient to open up to his or her therapist?
(a) Ask questions.
(b) Patience and insistence.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Listen and don't talk.

8. What is the first rule to the psychoanalytic theory?
(a) To physically like your therapist.
(b) To be present in all sessions.
(c) To be entirely honest and not censor oneself.
(d) To have an open mind.

9. What does Freud frequently write about being connected to incestuous feelings?
(a) Unconscious material.
(b) Genetics.
(c) Being nurse fed.
(d) Conscious material.

10. How does Freud describe a celibate man's homosexuality?
(a) It is more common that people realize.
(b) It is a life of unfulfilled.
(c) It's an action, not emotion.
(d) It's an emotional attitude and not overt behavior.

11. What sheer coincidence is mentioned in "Psychoanalysis in Culture" about Freud that relates to competitive jealousy?
(a) His third and youngest daughter become of especial interest to him.
(b) He was jealous too.
(c) He thought this was irrelevant to the subject.
(d) He liked his oldest daughter the best.

12. According to Freud, when are totem animals' names often used?
(a) When they die.
(b) In sacrifices.
(c) In ceremonies and in clans.
(d) When they are born.

13. Which daughter does Freud mention stirring jealousies?
(a) The oldest.
(b) The unborn.
(c) The middle.
(d) The youngest or third.

14. What does Freud claim is governed by the pleasure principle?
(a) The perception of pleasure or displeasure.
(b) One's childhood.
(c) The reality principle.
(d) The fantasy principle.

15. What does Freud say happens to the animal in totem when it is killed as a need for food?
(a) It is offered apologies.
(b) It is sacrificed only for the survival of humans.
(c) It dies.
(d) It is taboo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of love does Freud say is sometimes the best and most true?

2. What author does Freud mention publishing a four volume work on totem that he used in his own studies?

3. What does Freud say about homosexual men in relation to women?

4. What does Freud say about Michelangelo's sexuality?

5. What Biblical figure does Freud give a bizarre and ornate write-up of?

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