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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Freud, what do childhood memories appear to be?
(a) Emotionally important.
(b) Subtle.
(c) Emotionally unimportant.
(d) Literal.

2. Who went up to the person in Henri's dream with Henri?
(a) The other girls.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His brother.
(d) The other boys.

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

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

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

6. Where does the artist sublimate the actual pleasure of one's dreams into?
(a) The canvas.
(b) The channel of artistic output.
(c) His or her art.
(d) The channel of artistic input.

7. What are Henri and the person in his dream given?
(a) Water.
(b) Bread.
(c) Milk.
(d) Honey.

8. What does the first essay of "The Uncanny" discuss?
(a) Childhood behaviors.
(b) Childhood illnesses.
(c) Childhood memories.
(d) Childhood disorders.

9. What do most adult memories have, according to Freud?
(a) A driving emotional power.
(b) A subtle emotional power.
(c) A strong emotional power.
(d) A detrimental emotional power.

10. According to Freud, what is the childhood psyche substantially different from?
(a) Projections.
(b) The adult psyche.
(c) Real life.
(d) The adolescent pysche.

11. What is the basis of Freud's essay, "Creative Writing and Daydreaming"?
(a) To better understand the genesis of the creative process.
(b) To understand how writing and dreaming manifested.
(c) To daydream.
(d) To have the opportunity to write creatively.

12. How does Freud end "Creative Writing and Daydreaming"?
(a) Honestly.
(b) Angrily.
(c) Abruptly.
(d) Emphatically.

13. How old was Henri in the other memory he recalls to Freud?
(a) 17 years old.
(b) 18 years old.
(c) 20 years old.
(d) 19 years old.

14. What did Henri do with his companions to the person in his early childhood dream?
(a) Threw dirt at the young girl.
(b) Stole the girl's flowers.
(c) Yelled at the girl.
(d) Pulled the girl's hair.

15. Who is the main person in Henri's early childhood memory?
(a) A young girl.
(b) A bird.
(c) A turtle.
(d) A young boy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are V. and C. Henri?

2. What does Freud suggest memory like episodes should be called?

3. What does Freud find most heroes in fiction really are?

4. At what age are most early memories formed?

5. What is the person wearing in Henri's early childhood memory?

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