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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What image does a child try to retain?
(a) The good image of his parents.
(b) The happy childhood he or she had.
(c) The bad image of his parents.
(d) The happy memories of his or her parents.

2. What does Freud call the process of one generation superseding another?
(a) Desire to overdo.
(b) Desire to be better.
(c) The growth of civilization.
(d) Surpassion.

3. What does Freud believe Da Vinci turned to, to better his art?
(a) History.
(b) Science.
(c) Geography.
(d) Religion.

4. What did Da Vinci never take interest in?
(a) Canvas.
(b) Religion.
(c) Women.
(d) Architecture.

5. What was Da Vinci's nickname that Freud agrees was an appropriate name for him?
(a) The Italian Lover.
(b) The Italian-Faust.
(c) The Italian Dreamer.
(d) The Italian Stallion.

6. What do children ultimately desire when they desire to become adults?
(a) Complete understanding.
(b) Full adult sexuality.
(c) Power.
(d) Full control.

7. Who was exiled from his family as a child?
(a) Oedipus's mom.
(b) Sophecles.
(c) Oedipus.
(d) Thebes.

8. Who was Da Vinci only halfheartedly accepted by?
(a) His mother.
(b) His wife.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His father.

9. What was Da Vinci's first love? `
(a) Reading.
(b) Religion.
(c) Art.
(d) Science.

10. What does the image a child had of his or her parents turn into during his or her adult life?
(a) The basis of their desires.
(b) The basis of their nightmares.
(c) The basis of their dreams.
(d) The basis of their unhappiness.

11. What does the first part of "Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of his Childhood" discuss?
(a) Why he will analyze Da Vinci.
(b) The artist's eye.
(c) What the artist can do for the public.
(d) Why psychoanalysts should be interested in great thinkers like Da Vinci.

12. What body part appears repeatedly in Da Vinci's art?
(a) Ears.
(b) Teeth.
(c) Fingers.
(d) Lips.

13. What does a tail symbolize in many cultures, like Italian?
(a) A male penis.
(b) A male's control.
(c) A male's desire.
(d) A male's thoughts.

14. What is the word fly related to in many languages?
(a) The male sexual organ.
(b) Sex.
(c) The female sexual organ.
(d) Children.

15. What does Freud argue the common man may be interested in in "Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of his Childhood"?
(a) The psychology of great persons.
(b) The motivation of great persons.
(c) The desires of great persons.
(d) That Da Vinci is the greatest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud focus on in the essay "Family Romances"?

2. How did Da Vinci perceive romantic love?

3. Which family relationship does Freud focus on in "Family Romances"?

4. What happens to a child's perception of their parents as a child grows mentally?

5. How many parts is "Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of his Childhood" divided into?

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