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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What assurance does Freud say men get from religion?
(a) That good and evil are predestined and unchangeable.
(b) A benign Providence watches them.
(c) A beneficent God has evolved alongside man.
(d) A force for good balances the forces for evil.

2. What does the destructive instinct provide when it is harnessed, according to Freud?
(a) Exploitation of Nature.
(b) Control over Nature.
(c) Control over people in whom it is unharnessed.
(d) Indifference to other people’s sufferings.

3. What does Freud say libido intersects with, at a certain point?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Instinctual energy.
(c) Repression.
(d) The reality principle.

4. What does Freud say wise men have ever warned against?
(a) Procreation.
(b) Erotic love.
(c) Contraception.
(d) Marraige.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage does Freud say friendships have over genital love?

2. What does Freud say was the first result of human culture?

3. How does Freud characterize the modified kind of love?

4. What does Freud say society’s principal endeavor is?

5. How does Freud characterize women’s influence on civilization?

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