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1. King out of the Andersen story "The Tinderbox" to his psychologist:
"I am a victim of a phobia, you say? You might call it that, but I was warned that my daughter- a princess, mind you- will marry a common soldier. And I am sure he will be a stranger, because no member of my army will dare to even look at her."
His fear made him hide his daughter in a tower. What is the scientific name for the fear of strangers?
2. Italian priest Don Camillo towards the crucifix:
"Did You hear them, Lord Jesus- they say I'm having a phobia. As if Peppone is even able to write this word. I admit, I sometimes lose my nerves with them. I shouldn't have used the bench against the reds. But it was just to help them on the right way!"
The fictional priest Don Camillo was always fighting with the fictional communist mayor Peppone. He loathed communism- but I guess you couldn't call this a phobia. How is the phobia concerning communists called?
3. An imagined discourse between Andy Barclay and his also fictional psychologist:
"Doctor, you must believe me: It was not me, it was that doll. It is bad. I fear it. It killed my babysitter. It killed that man. Please believe me"
"Mrs Barclay, is their something in the past that might cause Andy to fear and blame that toy Chucky?"
What kind of phobia does the doctor wrongly suspect regarding little Andy?
4. A wife to her fearful spouse: "It might calm you watching a movie before we have to start to the dentist."
Which of these movies would be a bad idea watching for this victim of odontophobia (also named dentophobia)? Don't grind your teeth if you get this answer wrong!
5. A doctor to his secretary:
"Miss Hudson, it may have been a good idea to have some good literature for the patients to read, but we should remove this. This doctor Jekyll is not good for nervous patients. Especially if they already suffer from a fear of doctors."
Do you know the medical definition for this kind of fear?
6. A mother to her son:
"Harry stop reading these horrid books to your little sister. Yes, I am talking about "Dracula" and "The Vampire Chronicles" and such stuff. She might say that she likes it, but I am quite sure that there is a phobia against vampires!"
Well, is there one?
7. A conversation between parents while visiting a circus:
"Oh, there they are! Don't they look funny with the red noses and the big shoes -- Jenny why is the boy running away?
"It started when he read Stephen King's "It": the one with the horrible clown. The psychologist said it is a phobia."
What do you call the fear of clowns?
8. A spurned lover to a beautiful girl:
"Do you know what you are? A Brunhilde who fights against men. Or else you couldn't resist me."
What is the proper name for the phobia concerning men called?
9. The vizier to his beautiful daughter: "Scheherazade, my beloved. Please don't marry him. He is a troubled man, I suspect gynophobia"
Remembering the story of Scheherazade, what kind of people does the future father in law suspects the groom to be afraid of with his mentioning of gynophobia?
10. Fred about his uncle Ebenenzer Scrooge: "To be honest, when I first heard of the word anthropophobia, and about the meaning of it I had to think about the old man."
What kind of phobia is anthrophobia?
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