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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are V. and C. Henri?
(a) An example of dependency.
(b) An example of healthy daydreaming.
(c) An example of childhood memory distortion.
(d) An example of neurosis.

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

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

4. When does conflict arise between the two forces in the case of childhood memories?
(a) After an emotionally happy situation.
(b) After a death.
(c) After an emotioanlly traumatic situation.
(d) After a birth.

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

6. How many forces does Freud argue are at play in the formation of early childhood memories?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

7. What does the childhood period serve in a person's life, according to Freud?
(a) It is unimportant.
(b) The essential and formative period in the development of the adult psyche.
(c) The essential and formative period in the development of the adolescent psyche.
(d) It shapes us as adults.

8. What does Freud suggest memory like episodes should be called?
(a) Movie images.
(b) Screen images.
(c) Movie memories.
(d) Screen memories.

9. What does the subconscious desire allow to manifest in the conscious mind of a dreamer, according to Freud?
(a) A repressed desire.
(b) A suppressed desire.
(c) A driving desire.
(d) A hidden desire.

10. Where can the ego put the dreamer?
(a) In many different situations.
(b) In a foreign place.
(c) In a happy place.
(d) In a coma state.

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

12. What does the mind begin to creatively build as a person grows older?
(a) Castles in the sand.
(b) Bulidings.
(c) Castles in their mind.
(d) Bridges.

13. Why might a random scene appear to be important to an individual?
(a) Because it is detrimental to the shape of us an individual's.
(b) It does not appear important.
(c) Because of the literal association of one's psychology.
(d) Because of the abstract association to one's psychology.

14. What can fantasies do for a healthy dreamer?
(a) Think through the possibilities of the future.
(b) Stay grounded.
(c) Dream big.
(d) Reach one's dreams.

15. What is the title of the first essay of "The Uncanny"?
(a) "Creative Writing and Daydreaming."
(b) "Screen Memories."
(c) "Childhood Influences."
(d) "Creative Thinkers."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second force Freud mentions is at play in childhood memories?

2. Where do those who suffer from unhealthy dreaming go to?

3. What happens when the forces coexist in the case of a childhood memory?

4. When does Freud argue the creative process begins for a person?

5. What did Henri do with his companions to the person in his early childhood dream?

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