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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say about restrictions on sexual life if society is to be held together?
(a) They can be replaced by other restrictions.
(b) They are not always necessary.
(c) They inhibit social cohesion.
(d) They are necessary.

2. How does Freud describe the libido’s disinclination to relinquish an old position for a new one?
(a) As inertia.
(b) As synthesis.
(c) As conservatism.
(d) As regression.

3. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?
(a) A taboo surrounding women, particularly during menstruation.
(b) The mother’s desire to keep her progeny close to her.
(c) An mutual non-aggression agreement between brothers.
(d) An unapproachable authority of the father.

4. How does Freud ultimately characterize his friend’s religious feeling?
(a) As a mere wish-fulfillment.
(b) As an intellectual judgment.
(c) As a raw superstition.
(d) As an irrational faith.

5. What effect do violent men have on society?
(a) They build it up.
(b) They define its boundaries.
(c) They threaten to dissolve it.
(d) They catalyze it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of civilization, in Freud's account?

2. What is the ego instinct antithetical to, according to Freud?

3. What does Freud say about the adult ego?

4. What further restriction does Freud say civilization imposes on sexual life?

5. What does Freud say is the first requirement of civilization?

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