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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who helps the woman out of the water in Freud's dream about the bathers?
(a) Her mother.
(b) The owner of the bath.
(c) Freud's mother.
(d) The swimming master.

2. The dream treats the "either-or" scenario as _____.
(a) Being unimaginative.
(b) Being mutually exclusive.
(c) Having equal rights.
(d) Having no importance.

3. Where does Mrs. E.L. put her hand in Freud's dream?
(a) On his hand.
(b) On his knee.
(c) Over her face.
(d) On his head.

4. The dream's independence of _____ is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.
(a) Consequences.
(b) Disturbances.
(c) Characterizations.
(d) Willpower.

5. What does the doctor assure a patient he is working with that is not a possible state of mind to be in?
(a) A hysterical one.
(b) A blank one.
(c) A concentrated one.
(d) A misplaced on.

6. What word from the dream of Mrs. E. L. has a double meaning?
(a) Spinach.
(b) Cost.
(c) Table.
(d) Roast.

7. How does Freud characterize the bond between complicated nature of dreams and the difficulty expressing thoughts connected to the dream?
(a) As lacking motive.
(b) As inconclusive.
(c) As detached.
(d) As intimate.

8. Freud says that many philosophers maintain that dreams have their origin in _____.
(a) Past lives.
(b) Common childhood fantasies.
(c) Artistic expression.
(d) Real spiritual excitations.

9. What sort of associations does Freud say disturb our thoughts?
(a) Futuristic.
(b) Unbidden.
(c) Religious.
(d) Childhood.

10. In Freud's estimation, the dream about Mrs. E.L. is used as an example because it has the advantage of _____.
(a) Brevity.
(b) Detail.
(c) Continuity.
(d) Action.

11. Where does the boy in the Dachstein trip refuse to go?
(a) To the farm.
(b) To the waterfall.
(c) To the bear caves.
(d) To the peak.

12. Which medical writer does Freud quote when he speaks of the medical views of his time on the nature of dreams?
(a) Geotz.
(b) Baden.
(c) Binz.
(d) Kiergaard.

13. What does Freud say aspects of the process of dream analysis are analogous to that of?
(a) Letter writing.
(b) Rhyme.
(c) Carving.
(d) Reason.

14. What type of reminiscences are typical of dreams?
(a) Adolescent.
(b) Elementary school.
(c) Recent.
(d) Early childhood.

15. The relation of the dreamer's _____ when he is awake is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.
(a) Physical health.
(b) State of living.
(c) Psychical life.
(d) Psychic awareness.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____ are longer in the third category of dreams.

2. What is the state of the psychical intensity of the dream in the relation to its sensory vividness?

3. Which mental ailment does Freud give as an example to illustrate his techniques for dream analysis?

4. The injection dream reminds Freud of his first visit to _____.

5. What does Freud say of the dream's means of expression versus those of the imagination?

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