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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud suggest about the memories we recall as adults about our childhood really are?

2. How many forces does Freud argue are at play in the formation of early childhood memories?

3. What is the title of the first essay of "The Uncanny"?

4. According to Freud, what is the childhood psyche substantially different from?

5. What does Freud suggest memory like episodes should be called?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freud see the common fear of blindness really is?

2. Explain the connection of Oedipus Rex to family romance.

3. Describe Da Vinci's desire for perfection.

4. What type of fantasies do children have in comparison to adults?

5. How do female responses differ in familial fantasies according to Freud?

6. What are screen memories?

7. Discuss Da Vinci in relationship to science and art congruently.

8. What is the uncanny at odds with, according to Freud?

9. What are most heroes in fiction classified as?

10. What must a person's desires be disguised as?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how and why the subconscious desires to reconcile with the conscious and what happens as a result from the attempted reconciliation.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the two forces that Freud finds the unconscious acknowledges in the force of suppression and the force to remember a memory. How does this result in conflict within the individual?

Essay Topic 3

Compare healthy fantasies to unhealthy fantasies as described by Freud in "Creative Writing and Daydreaming."

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