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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the time period Da Vinci lived in like, according to Freud?

3. What does a tail symbolize in many cultures, like Italian?

4. Who was exiled from his family as a child?

5. What happens to a child's perception of their parents as a child grows mentally?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why the subconscious desires to reconcile with the conscious and what happens as a result from the attempted reconciliation.

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