According to Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams, which symbol is NOT correctly glossed?
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Correct answer: C. Towers as symbols of sexual pleasure
Explanation
Long, upright and penetrating objects are male symbols, and hollows, vessels and flowers female. Towers belong with the male, phallic group.
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