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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does destructive energy typically elude the researcher’s gaze, according to Freud?
(a) When it is employed in limiting a person’s potential.
(b) When it is turned inward.
(c) When it takes place in intimate relationships.
(d) When it is expressed politically.

2. What does Freud say is the first requirement of civilization?
(a) Order.
(b) Justice.
(c) Religion.
(d) Community.

3. Which part of psychoanalysis does Freud say has developed most slowly?
(a) The theory of aggression.
(b) The theory of instincts.
(c) The theory of artistic creativity.
(d) Analytic theory.

4. What does Freud say is the only branch of knowledge that can answer the question of the purpose of life?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Religion.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Physiology.

5. How does Freud characterize the artist’s joy in creating, relative to other pleasures?
(a) Finer.
(b) Less realistic.
(c) More intense.
(d) Coarser.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?

3. Which of the following is NOT a place Freud says suffering comes from?

4. How does Freud characterize females in ‘ape-pre-history’?

5. What does Freud say is the highest state of mind deemed capable for man?

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