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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Freud say DaVinci bases his students acceptance on?
(a) Beauty and charm.
(b) Charm and talent.
(c) Talent.
(d) Beauty and talent.

3. What does Freud say about homosexual men in relation to women?
(a) They are disgusted by female bodies.
(b) They are their best shopping partner.
(c) They are usually attracted to women.
(d) They hate their smell.

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

5. What year was this author's work, "Totemism and Exogamy" published?
(a) 1915.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1911.

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

7. What does Freud say about the totem if it is a pet?
(a) It is wild.
(b) It will be sacrificed by its owners.
(c) It is treated as a totem animal, not a wild adversary.
(d) It is tame.

8. What does Freud overtly admit about women?
(a) The differences between women and men precludes an adequate psycho-analytic theory.
(b) That they are born with a different innate sexual desire.
(c) That he understands them better than men.
(d) That most do not feel incestuous love.

9. What does Freud speculate about the people reading the section on totem pets, who have pets?
(a) They will be sad.
(b) They will be disappointed that the subject is not very exotic.
(c) They will be intrigued.
(d) They will want to adapt this way of thinking.

10. What does Freud say happens if a totem's skin is worn?
(a) They never take the skin off.
(b) They are burned.
(c) They wear it for 7 days.
(d) If used in rituals, they are treated in a special way.

11. What does Freud determine about the relationship of homosexual men to their mothers?
(a) They view their mother as a goddess.
(b) They love their mothers so much, they are irreplaceable.
(c) They hate their mother's relationship with their father.
(d) They are more comfortable with their mother.

12. According to Freud, what type of man is most likely to withhold information during therapy?
(a) Men with repressed homosexual material.
(b) A divorced man.
(c) A man who is a CEO.
(d) An actor.

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

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

15. How does Freud define narcissism?
(a) When healthy self love has been taken too far.
(b) Disturbing.
(c) When a person is self-obsessed.
(d) When a person loves with oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Freud's daughter who is mentioned?

2. Which daughter does Freud mention stirring jealousies?

3. What type of totem does Freud say is highly dangerous to humans?

4. What play by Shakespeare was mentioned in "Psychoanalysis in Culture"?

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

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