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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to a child's perception of their parents as a child grows mentally?
(a) They learn the ugly truth about their parents.
(b) Nothing.
(c) They grow appreciative.
(d) They begin to detest and resent their parents.

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

3. What does the first part of "Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of his Childhood" discuss?
(a) What the artist can do for the public.
(b) The artist's eye.
(c) Why psychoanalysts should be interested in great thinkers like Da Vinci.
(d) Why he will analyze Da Vinci.

4. What does Freud argue the common man may be interested in in "Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of his Childhood"?
(a) The motivation of great persons.
(b) That Da Vinci is the greatest.
(c) The psychology of great persons.
(d) The desires of great persons.

5. What does Freud argue the appearance of an emperor or empress means in one's dream?
(a) A representatio of the dreamer's parents.
(b) Their need for order and rule.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Their desire for authority.

6. What does Freud call the third stage of a child's developmental process?
(a) Neurosis of the family.
(b) Family romance of the neurotics.
(c) Romance neurosis.
(d) Family neurtoics.

7. Which family relationship does Freud focus on in "Family Romances"?
(a) Siblings.
(b) Children and cousins.
(c) Siblings and their parents.
(d) Children and parents.

8. How did Da Vinci differ from other artist's?
(a) He was better than they were.
(b) He made his work look genuine.
(c) He seemed uninterested in promoting his work.
(d) He was never inspired.

9. What did Da Vinci never take interest in?
(a) Religion.
(b) Architecture.
(c) Canvas.
(d) Women.

10. What is Da Vinci's most unfinished painting titled?
(a) The Missing Lisa.
(b) The Mona Lisa.
(c) The Moaning Lisa.
(d) The Mother Lisa.

11. What is the word fly related to in many languages?
(a) The male sexual organ.
(b) Sex.
(c) The female sexual organ.
(d) Children.

12. What are men searching for when the admire women with long feet?
(a) The male's penis.
(b) The male's privates.
(c) The female penis.
(d) The female privates.

13. What image does a child try to retain?
(a) The happy memories of his or her parents.
(b) The good image of his parents.
(c) The happy childhood he or she had.
(d) The bad image of his parents.

14. How do children tend to think of their mother, according to Freud?
(a) That she is the sweetest.
(b) That she is the most beautiful and nicest.
(c) That she is the most fair.
(d) That she is evil.

15. What does a tail symbolize in many cultures, like Italian?
(a) A male's desire.
(b) A male's control.
(c) A male penis.
(d) A male's thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God mean to Freud?

2. What is sexual sublimation?

3. What did Da Vinci desire that was a common desire in many dreamers?

4. What does the process of growth of children in the family involve, according to Freud?

5. What text of literature does Freud mention in association to female and male familial fantasies?

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