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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Abstracts.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is periodic depression?
(a) A specific type of anxiety neurosis.
(b) Depression in women that occurs during their cycle.
(c) It is similar to episodic depression.
(d) Depression that comes and goes.

2. Who is the first official patient of psychotherapy?
(a) John Kerry.
(b) Charcot.
(c) Anna O.
(d) Dora.

3. What does Freud say about children that are twelve years old in "The Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) They grow out of their candy phase.
(b) They understand gender differences.
(c) Most lose their desire to marry their parents.
(d) They begin to notice sexual desires.

4. What does Freud find as the cause of most neuroses?
(a) Fears of the unknown.
(b) Experiencing a death.
(c) Misconception of facts.
(d) Fears caused by actual events.

5. How is Freud being viewed by the culture in the chapter "The Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) Smart and brilliant.
(b) Weary of his ideas.
(c) Successful and popular.
(d) Eager to please.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say about the vast majority's sexual preference?

2. What does Freud claim about the Oedipal complex in relation to human development?

3. What does Freud connect to incestuous feelings?

4. What does Freud say happens if a totem's skin is worn?

5. According to Freud, how is narcissism described in its simplest form?

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