Claire, a middle-aged woman, is feeling unsuccessful in her career as an actress. She finds herself becoming jealous of the male actors who seem to get offered more roles than she does. She is thinking about giving up on her acting career and becoming a stay-at-home mother. A psychoanalyst would interpret Claire’s feelings as being due to ______.
A. castration anxiety
B. an unresolved Electra complex
C. penis envy
D. excess libido
C. penis envy
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A) They were treated as second-class citizens in England. B) They were denied any monetary compensation for their sacrifices. C) They were viewed as traitors by the native-born English. D) They were viewed as foreigners by the native-born English. E) They were put in prisons because they would not pay their debts.
Regarding black military service during the War of 1812, what had white Americans practically forgotten?
A) Haiti's revolution B) blacks' heroism and service during the American Revolution C) the violence of Gabriel's conspiracy and the Louisiana Revolution D) the origins and development of slavery and blacks' desire for freedom
One area of the Muslim Empire that came under increasing interest to Britain, France, and Russia for its trade and strategic location was
A) Afghanistan. B) Iran. C) Jerusalem. D) Indonesia. E) Egypt.