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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What feelings are the uncanny related to?
(a) Fear and dread.
(b) Anxiety and fear.
(c) Dread and turmoil.
(d) Dread and anxiety.

2. Who does the person in Henri's dream run to?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) No one.
(d) Her father.

3. What does Freud find most heroes in fiction really are?
(a) Ego projections.
(b) Fake.
(c) Desires.
(d) Fantastical people.

4. What is the suppression in a dreamer usually a result of, according to Freud?
(a) A conflict between the unconscious and conscious.
(b) The conflict between the desire and the reality.
(c) The conflict between reality and fantasy.
(d) The conflict between the ego and the conscious.

5. What must childhood memories be triggered by, according to Freud?
(a) Emotional instability.
(b) Emotional resonance.
(c) Emotional resistance.
(d) Emotional stability.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Freud, what do people often fantasize about before an event takes place?

2. When did the boy believe the sandman would come throw sand in his eyes?

3. What can fantasies do to the unhealthy dreamer?

4. What does Freud argue he can show the reader the uncanny is more related to?

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

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