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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Family Romances.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does play turn into for a person?
(a) Fantasy.
(b) Unfulfilled desires.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Dreams.

2. What does stealing the flowers represent in Henri's adolescent memory?
(a) His desire to deflower or seduce his cousin.
(b) His desire for freedom.
(c) His sexual excitement.
(d) That he is incestual.

3. How does the son perceive his father after learning about his parent's sexual roles?
(a) He raises his father to a higher level.
(b) He raises his mother to a higher level.
(c) He lowers his mother to a lower level.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does the bread in Henri's childhood memory represent?
(a) That he needs nourishment.
(b) The daily routine.
(c) The daily living.
(d) Nothing.

5. How do children tend to think of the father, according to Freud?
(a) That he is handsome.
(b) That he is a warrior.
(c) That he is the strongest of men.
(d) That he is a liar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the son believe if he has a sister?

2. What is the title of the first essay of "The Uncanny"?

3. What is a central theme in all of Freud's work?

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

5. How does Freud end "Creative Writing and Daydreaming"?

(see the answer key)

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