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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to prevent the reconciliation of the subconscious?
(a) A mark of resentment.
(b) A mark of a neurotic.
(c) A mark of disdain.
(d) A mark of disbelief.

2. How does the son begin to see his mother after learning about his parent's sexual roles?
(a) As a form of Satan.
(b) Asexually.
(c) Sexually.
(d) As a goddess.

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

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

5. What did Da Vinci desire that was a common desire in many dreamers?
(a) To live forever.
(b) To die.
(c) To swim.
(d) To fly.

6. How does the child view his parents, according to Freud?
(a) Like God.
(b) As the greatest people.
(c) As the worst people.
(d) Perfect.

7. Who was Da Vinci only halfheartedly accepted by?
(a) His mother.
(b) His best friend.
(c) His wife.
(d) His father.

8. What is sexual sublimation?
(a) Channeling strong sexual energy into the artistic output.
(b) Desires seen in random and odd objects.
(c) Repressed sexual desires.
(d) Hidden sexual desires.

9. What text of literature does Freud mention in association to female and male familial fantasies?
(a) "Oedipus Rex."
(b) "Romeo and Juliet."
(c) "Moby Dick."
(d) "The Bible."

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

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

12. What was Da Vinci cool to the differences between?
(a) Night and day.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) Holy and cursed.
(d) Dark and light.

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

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

15. What was Da Vinci's nickname that Freud agrees was an appropriate name for him?
(a) The Italian Lover.
(b) The Italian Stallion.
(c) The Italian-Faust.
(d) The Italian Dreamer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God mean to Freud?

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

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

4. What images result when a child's attempts to retain the image of his or her parents?

5. What does Freud associate Da Vinci's view of his father to?

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