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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When does Freud argue the creative process begins for a person?

3. What does the childhood period serve in a person's life, according to Freud?

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

5. According to Freud, what is the childhood psyche substantially different from?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first stage of growth like for a child, according to Freud?

2. How do female responses differ in familial fantasies according to Freud?

3. Describe the result of the subconscious trying to reconcile with the conscious, according to Freud.

4. What role do repressed sexual desires have on the uncanny?

5. Why was Da Vinci known as the "Italian-Faust"?

6. Discuss the importance of an individual's childhood according to Freud.

7. Describe Da Vinci's childhood memory.

8. Why has Freud's student remained fearful of sand?

9. What happens to a child's perception of his or her parents as they grow up?

10. According to Freud, how does a son respond to his parents' roles if he has a sister?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the two forces that Freud finds the unconscious acknowledges in the force of suppression and the force to remember a memory. How does this result in conflict within the individual?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss Freud's student who was afraid of sand and why this example of uncanny developed and stayed with him through his adult years.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the connection Freud finds between the adult psyche and one's childhood experiences and the importance of the correlation.

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