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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Freud believe Da Vinci turned to, to better his art?
(a) Geography.
(b) Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) History.

3. What culture believes a vulture is a symbol of one's mother?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) French.
(c) American.
(d) Italian.

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

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

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

7. What does Freud discern is very unlikely Da Vinci ever did?
(a) Ate an animal.
(b) Slept with a woman.
(c) Saw a movie.
(d) Read a book.

8. How did Da Vinci perceive romantic love?
(a) With hope.
(b) With regret.
(c) With disgust.
(d) Too idealized.

9. 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.

10. What did ancient cultures see the male phallus as?
(a) Evil.
(b) The fount of all life.
(c) Good.
(d) Sacred.

11. What does Freud argue happens to the child in the first stage of the developmental process?
(a) The child feels that others are taking his or her parents away from them.
(b) The child begins to grow territorial.
(c) The child loves everyone.
(d) The child questions everything.

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

13. How many parts is "Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of his Childhood" divided into?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

14. What does Freud associate Da Vinci's view of his father to?
(a) His view of life.
(b) His view of God.
(c) His view of religion.
(d) His view of love.

15. What does Freud suggest the psychoanalyst typically does to the person he or she is analyzing?
(a) Bring the great person down to their level.
(b) Critique them.
(c) Ignore their accomplishments.
(d) Praise them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud argue the appearance of an emperor or empress means in one's dream?

2. What is a child's perception of his or her parent's sexual role?

3. What body part appears repeatedly in Da Vinci's art?

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

5. What was Da Vinci's first love? `

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