The Interpretation of Dreams Quizzes

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. Fill in the blank, Shmoopers: "The interpretation of dreams is the _____ to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind."


rocky road
royal road
rainbow road
fury road
Q. According to Freud, what kind of "policy" is "the prototype and first example" of repression?


insurance policy
federal policy
ostrich policy
"don't ask, don't tell" policy
Q. In Freud's Dream of Irma's Injection, "Irma's" physical characteristics include what?


paleness, soft skin, and a pleasant smile
paleness, matted hair, and a terrifying gaze
paleness, skin that sparkles strangely in sunlight, and immortality
paleness, puffiness, and bad teeth
Q. After he completed the book, Freud realized that The Interpretation of Dreams was what?


a portion of his own "self-analysis"
completely incorrect
a desperate bid to get famous
a way to show off to his wife
Q. In The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud writes that all of his friends have been, "in a certain sense," ______ of his nephew John.


total opposites
reincarnations
mortal enemies
uncanny lookalikes