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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Uncanny.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud call the process of one generation superseding another?
(a) Desire to be better.
(b) Surpassion.
(c) The growth of civilization.
(d) Desire to overdo.

2. What are men searching for when the admire women with long feet?
(a) The male's penis.
(b) The female privates.
(c) The male's privates.
(d) The female penis.

3. What is the first force Freud mentions is at play in childhood memories?
(a) The motive to remember the event.
(b) The force the event has on our adult life.
(c) The motive to suppress the event.
(d) The force to retell the event.

4. What do female genitals represent to many men according to Freud?
(a) The fear of lack of control.
(b) The fear of castration.
(c) The fear of loss of power.
(d) The fear of the unknown.

5. Who did Henri fall in love with in his adolescent memory?
(a) No one.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His sister.
(d) His best friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the image a child had of his or her parents turn into during his or her adult life?

2. What does the first essay of "The Uncanny" discuss?

3. What must be disguised symbolically in the form of a dream?

4. What does a daydream attempt to do for the dreamer?

5. How does Freud see a person's dreams at night?

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