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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Freud, what type of woman is most likely to withhold information during therapy?
(a) A divorced woman.
(b) A woman who is a CEO.
(c) An actress.
(d) A sexually assaulted woman.

2. What does Freud say about people who think they deserve to be made up to for some injustice that they have endured?
(a) They will never get better.
(b) They are ignorant.
(c) They are stubborn.
(d) They see themselves as exceptions.

3. What does Freud deem as DaVinci's characteristic as a painter?
(a) One type of smile.
(b) Using watercolors.
(c) Using only neutral colors.
(d) One type of eye shape.

4. What play by Shakespeare was mentioned in "Psychoanalysis in Culture"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) Othello.
(d) King Lear.

5. What does Freud say about Michelangelo's sexuality?
(a) He was celibate.
(b) He was homosexual.
(c) He and DaVinci were lovers.
(d) He had an intellectual relationship with a woman.

6. What does Freud say is a weakness of the philosophy on the unconscious?
(a) Inability to prove its findings.
(b) The lack of scientific research on the unconscious.
(c) High value placed on the conscious, without including the unconsious.
(d) Inability to test the subject.

7. According to Freud, how is narcissism described in its simplest form?
(a) Caring and attentive masturbation.
(b) Egotistical.
(c) Self involved.
(d) Obsessive.

8. What is the first rule to the psychoanalytic theory?
(a) To have an open mind.
(b) To be entirely honest and not censor oneself.
(c) To physically like your therapist.
(d) To be present in all sessions.

9. What does Freud speculate about the people reading the section on totem pets, who have pets?
(a) They will be intrigued.
(b) They will want to adapt this way of thinking.
(c) They will be disappointed that the subject is not very exotic.
(d) They will be sad.

10. What does Freud claim about the Oedipal complex in relation to human development?
(a) It is of the subconscious.
(b) It creates aggression.
(c) It is truly vanquished.
(d) It is a myth.

11. What other work was being done in the field of psychology at the same time as the "birth trauma"?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Male sexuality.
(c) Sleep apnea.
(d) Female sexuality.

12. What does Freud determine about the relationship of homosexual men to their mothers?
(a) They hate their mother's relationship with their father.
(b) They love their mothers so much, they are irreplaceable.
(c) They view their mother as a goddess.
(d) They are more comfortable with their mother.

13. What country does Carl Jung mention having an accepted homosexuality outlook?
(a) Africa.
(b) India.
(c) Kenya.
(d) Pakistan.

14. What does Freud claim is governed by the pleasure principle?
(a) One's childhood.
(b) The perception of pleasure or displeasure.
(c) The reality principle.
(d) The fantasy principle.

15. How does Freud define narcissism?
(a) Disturbing.
(b) When a person is self-obsessed.
(c) When healthy self love has been taken too far.
(d) When a person loves with oneself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Freud's daughter's profession?

2. What does Freud say a doctor normally meets in the patient?

3. How does Freud term thoughts and behaviors interconnected with the psyche?

4. What does Freud rename the term 'subconscious'?

5. What does Freud say psycho-analytic treatment begins with?

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