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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to prevent the reconciliation of the subconscious?

2. What is the family romance fantasy an attempt of the subconscious to reconcile with?

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

4. What was Da Vinci's nickname that Freud agrees was an appropriate name for him?

5. What happens in the second stage of a child's developmental process, according to Freud?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss and describe how Freud explains to his readers what an uncanny is to an individual.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and explain Freud's analysis of Da Vinci's childhood dream and what Freud argues his dream symbolizes as an adult.

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