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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the question as to the meaning of the dream?
(a) As single-minded.
(b) As double-sided.
(c) As comical.
(d) As reproachful.

2. What was he seeking from his wife in the incident before the dream of Mrs. E. L., in Freud's conclusion in Chapter 4?
(a) Access to her dowry.
(b) Money.
(c) A kiss.
(d) Undivided attention.

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

4. Condensation and _____ do not wholly account for the difference between dream contents and dream thoughts.
(a) Characterization.
(b) Dramatization.
(c) Correlation.
(d) Realization.

5. One medical writer characterizes dreams as a physical process that is always useless and frequently _____.
(a) Decisive.
(b) Elevating.
(c) Contrary.
(d) Morbid.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____ of mixed images is often the quickest way to the interpretation of dreams.

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

3. The dream's independence of _____ is a problem in the study of dreams that Freud feels needs addressing.

4. What is another word Freud uses for "condensation" in dreams?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the little boy in one of Freud's examples dream of cherries?

2. How does Freud suggest that dreams are read?

3. Why does the little girl in the example Freud gives dream of strawberries and eggs?

4. What does Freud mean by the "common mean"?

5. What tendency does Freud say have been observed in the estimation of dreams by philosophers?

6. Why does the eight-year-old boy in one of Freud's examples dream of mythical events?

7. What is does Freud think the role of love is in the dream of Mrs. E.L.?

8. What is manifest content of dreams?

9. What issues come to Freud's mind regarding manifest and latent content?

10. Why does the five-year-old boy in one of Freud's examples dream of ascending the Dachstein?

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