Psychoanalytic Criticism #1

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No. of Questions= 10
1 "I dreamed that I was walking down a deserted street," said Mary. What Mary remembers of her dream is the ___________ .
a) dream-work
b) latent content
c) pleasure principle
d) manifest content
2 Residing in the unconscious, the __________ is the primal sexual energy of the id that drives humans to find sensual gratification.
a) pleasure principle
b) genital phase
c) libido
d) oral phase
3 In the latent content of a dream is the concept of adultery. However, in the manifest dream appears the image of another "breach" — a broken leg. This process of disfigurement is one element of the ___________ that allows individuals to deal with thoughts in the unconscious.
a) dream-work
b) exchange
c) content achievement
d) ambiguity
4 As an embodiment of the_________, the bride in "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" brings with her a new morality to the west.
a) ego
b) id
c) superego
d) libido
5 This component of the human psyche is driven by the pleasure principle and is the primal self.
a) ego
b) id
c) superego
d) libido
6 The _________ of a dream is obscured by the dream-work so that the dream must be closely examined in order to find its underlying meaning.
a) legitimacy
b) latent content
c) morality principle
d) manifest content
7 In "Flowering Judas," Braggioni wants material luxuries, power, and Laura. Braggioni's almost obsessive desire for pleasure makes him an embodiment of the __________ .
a) id
b) superego
c) ego
d) unconscious
8 When the three components of the human psyche (id, ego, superego) become imbalanced, a psychological disorder or __________ develops.
a) pathological
b) fabulation
c) dysfunction
d) neurosis
9 The multiple forces of this central psychic zone drive human behavior.
a) libido
b) ego
c) unconscious
d) pleasure principle
10 In "The Use of Force" the parents act as embodiments of the ego because:
a) they are trying to act as mediator between the doctor and the child
b) they force the child to take the medicine
c) they refuse to let the doctor force medicine into the child's mouth
d) they refuse to get involved


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