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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What system of Freud's is dominated by the "talking" or "listening" cure?
(a) Hysteria.
(b) Psycho-analysis.
(c) Hallucinations.
(d) OCD.

2. What is the remainder of Freud's research in?
(a) Drug addiction.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Philosophy.

3. What is the term for when a child has adoration for his or her parent that is adopted in another member of the opposite sex?
(a) Infantile sexuality.
(b) Role reversal.
(c) Bisexuality.
(d) Separation.

4. What became an international organization prior to Freud's death?
(a) The Venice Psychoanalytic Group.
(b) The Vienna Psychoanalytic Society.
(c) The Society of Mental Illness.
(d) The Society of Psychoanalysis.

5. In the chapter "Dreams," how are therapeutic symptoms achieved?
(a) By talking and listening to what is being said.
(b) Hypnosis.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) By looking for their physical significance.

6. What is 'Dora's' problem?
(a) She is a neurotic.
(b) She has an eating disorder.
(c) She is a hysteric.
(d) Her treatment is negatively affecting her home life.

7. What does Freud suggest often happens during infantile masturbation in childhood development?
(a) A child develops a sexual drive.
(b) A child develops a sexual preference.
(c) A child falls in love with a relative.
(d) A child questions sexuality unconsciously.

8. What does Freud's term "wild" mean?
(a) Desire for one's opposite innate reasoning.
(b) Mild to moderate hallucinations.
(c) Experiences that occur with an inexperienced therapist.
(d) Homosexuality.

9. What characteristics make the "talking" or "listening" cure method most effective?
(a) Hypnosis.
(b) Displacement theory.
(c) Honest speech and carefully cultivated listening modes.
(d) Act of letting out one's rage.

10. What does Freud not address concerning heredity and sexuality in "The Theory of Sexuality"?
(a) The theory that some are born homosexual as the same built-in heterosexual.
(b) That homosexuality is hereditary.
(c) That homosexuals choose to be so.
(d) That heterosexuality is innate.

11. What happens to the patient that makes her sick in "The Making of Psychoanalysis"?
(a) She has a brain tumor.
(b) Her mother is dying.
(c) She lost her baby.
(d) Her father is dying.

12. What two feelings does Freud mention helps the therapy process?
(a) Acceptance and love.
(b) Love and hope.
(c) Love and security.
(d) Hope and acceptance.

13. What did Freud's mentor decipher?
(a) The reasons people are neurotic.
(b) How to diagnose a severe case of multiple personalities.
(c) Hysterical and neurotic symptoms in men and women.
(d) Dora's illness.

14. What drug does Freud research?
(a) LSD.
(b) Extasy.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

15. In the chapter, "Dreams" what is the main concern dealing with dreams?
(a) That they tell our biggest fears.
(b) That dreams can never be effectively interpreted.
(c) That no one ever remembers them.
(d) That they are correlated with your conscience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has likely happened to the translations of Freud's work?

2. According to Freud, what does a patient need to do during therapy?

3. According to Freud, what does he suggest the heterosexual norm of parents typically lead to?

4. How does the therapist of the nicknamed patient term his descriptions of childhood experiences?

5. What does each section pertain to in "The Theory of Sexuality"?

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