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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the modified kind of love?
(a) Relentless and possessive.
(b) Peaceful and pure.
(c) Alternatively tender and stormy.
(d) Unchangeable and tender.

2. How does Freud characterize females in ‘ape-pre-history’?
(a) Sexual objects.
(b) Life partners.
(c) Concubines.
(d) Helpmeets.

3. What comparison does Freud make between the Devil and Jews?
(a) He says that Jews are the Devil incarnate.
(b) He says that they are both scapegoats.
(c) He says that they are both enemies of Christians.
(d) He says that they are both illusory concepts.

4. What was the social consequence of this realization?
(a) Men started to make offerings to gods.
(b) Men started to work together.
(c) Men started to subjugate women.
(d) Clans started to fight each other.

5. What does Freud posit in the conclusion of Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920)?
(a) The importance of narcissism.
(b) A death instinct.
(c) The importance of sadism.
(d) The reality principle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the destructive instinct provide when it is harnessed, according to Freud?

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

3. What does Freud say is the only acceptable goal of marriage?

4. What does Freud say is the most effective way to influence the body?

5. What does Freud say is the best way to escape from discomfort?

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