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

2. What does the subconscious desire allow to manifest in the conscious mind of a dreamer, according to Freud?

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

4. Where does the artist sublimate the actual pleasure of one's dreams into?

5. What does Henri remember about what he was given in his early childhood dream?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does an uncanny originate?

2. What happens in Henri's childhood memory?

3. What happened to many of Da Vinci's works, like the Mona Lisa?

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

5. Discuss the two forces Freud finds at play during childhood memories.

6. What are screen memories?

7. Explain the connection of Oedipus Rex to family romance.

8. What does Freud find the subconscious desire allows to manifest?

9. What is an artist able to do for him or herself and his or her viewers?

10. What role does the evil twin of evil double have on the uncanny?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif and idea that childhood experiences play a detrimental role in one's adult life.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how the story of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles is congruent to the ideas of "The Uncanny."

Essay Topic 3

Explain why Freud argues children need a desire to supersede their parents in order to grow and surpass their parents.

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