单选题 It can be inferred from the passage that the following events occurred the earliest is ______.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从本文的叙述顺序上可知,Freud’s study和Republic是四者中较靠前的研究,通过第一段an old idea,already mentioned in Republic. Freud accepted this idea可知the writing of Republic发生在前。