Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Interpretation of Dreams? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. In Freud's view, the "language" of dreams is a language of (among other things):
picture puzzles
brain waves
chemicals
cheese
Q. In Freud's view, what is the relationship between mental activity in our waking and dreaming states?
dreams continue the same mental activity that occurs when we're awake
dreams lower the mental activity that occurs when we're awake
dreams engage in a kind of mental activity that can't happen in waking life
dreams are messages from the superior mind of a higher power
Q. In Freud's view, working through The Interpretation of Dreams is like walking through "a narrow defile" and suddenly emerging onto:
a piece of high ground, where fine prospects open up on every side
a well-worn path, where the way is perfectly clear
a perilous ledge, from which the careless student might fall
a raucous open-air carnival, where Neil Gaiman is doing juggling tricks
Q. According to Freud, every dream is:
a symptom of mental illness
a message from a higher power
an expression of bodily needs (like hunger or thirst)
the fulfillment of a wish
Q. In Freud's view, "anxiety dreams" are dreams in which:
our childhood fears come back to haunt us
sexual urges have been transformed into anxiety
David Bowie steals our baby brothers
wish-fulfillments are denied