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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What source of energy does Freud say man uses up by investing in civilization?
(a) Sexual energy.
(b) Spiritual energy.
(c) Intellectual energy.
(d) Familial energy.

2. When does Freud say we are most susceptible to suffering?
(a) When we make art.
(b) When we enjoy art.
(c) When we retreat.
(d) When we love.

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

4. How does Freud characterize the phenomena he is describing?
(a) Specialized knowledge.
(b) Uncommon events.
(c) Exceptional cases.
(d) Common sense.

5. What does Freud say society’s principal endeavor is?
(a) To preserve individual freedoms.
(b) To control territory in common.
(c) To bind people in groups.
(d) To provide for protection.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the aim of the modified sex instinct, in people who find happiness along the path of love?

2. What assurance does Freud say men get from religion?

3. What does Freud say destructive behavior is directed outward?

4. What is love’s chief function, according to Freud?

5. Who does Freud say are the parents of human cultures?

(see the answer key)

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