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Here's your Shmoop du jour, brought to you by the academic community. Believe it or not,

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those guys really know how to party.

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The intended audience for this passage was most likely which of the following?

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Freud does seem to assume that his audience is at least interested in psychoanalysis and

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dream interpretation, and it's not like his tone is super argumentative...

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So choice (B) is out of the running.

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Freud's tone isn't overly scientific, and he makes an effort to provide basic background

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information, hinting that his audience isn't entirely made up of professional, experienced psychologists.

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Answer (A) is out.

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Of course, he also uses lots of big terms and makes a case for dream interpretation

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to be used as a tool by professionals...

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...making it seem unlikely that he intends the book for just anybody.

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We can nix choice (C).

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(D) gets it just right. The book isn't only for experts--the title does say "for Beginners"

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after all--but it's not for total newbies either.

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If the audience was only interested in, for example, monster truck rallies, what would

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really be the point here?

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Not that there's anything wrong with monster truck rallies...

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