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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Freud see a person's dreams at night?
(a) A path to an opportunity of reality.
(b) A break from reality.
(c) Opportunities for the unconsicous mind and the id to fulfill their desires.
(d) Fantastical realizations.

4. What happens when the forces coexist in the case of a childhood memory?
(a) The memory is erased.
(b) The memory is shattered.
(c) The memory is preserved.
(d) The memory is void.

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

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

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

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

9. What is banal content and emotional resonance essential to?
(a) Screen images.
(b) Screen memories.
(c) Movie memories.
(d) Movie images.

10. What does a daydream attempt to do for the dreamer?
(a) Avoid real life.
(b) Alleviate pressure of real life.
(c) Escape real life.
(d) Live out hidden desires.

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

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

13. Who did Henri stay at the countryside with?
(a) His uncle.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His sister.
(d) His grandparents.

14. What does Freud find to be important about one's childhood to adult memories?
(a) The fact that our adult memories are literal and our childhood one's are not.
(b) He finds no connection.
(c) The fact that our childhood memories reflect our hidden desires.
(d) The fact that our childhood memories differ in emotional power than our adult ones.

15. What is the difference between night and day dreams, according to Freud?
(a) Night dreams are more acceptable than day dreams.
(b) Daydreams are irrelevant.
(c) Daydreams are more acceptable than night dreams.
(d) Night dreams are supreme to daydreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the condition of the memory once the two forces coexist in the case of a childhood memory?

2. At what age do dreams begin to take a narrative pattern?

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

4. What happens as a result from the daydream in the daydreamer's real life?

5. What does the bread in Henri's childhood memory represent?

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