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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is society based on, according to Freud?
(a) Common sacrifice.
(b) Religious prohibitions.
(c) Individual liberty.
(d) Development of laws.

2. What does Freud say about the adult ego?
(a) That its development is inexplicable without religion.
(b) That its development is still not accounted for.
(c) That it was probably intact, even in the child.
(d) That it could not have been in the same state always.

3. What does Freud say we will never overcome?
(a) Society.
(b) Nature.
(c) Ourselves.
(d) Language.

4. What is the first cause that increased men’s dissatisfaction with civilization?
(a) The relative happiness of Indians.
(b) The failure to manifest heaven on earth.
(c) The excesses of modern scientific methods.
(d) The filthiness of most gardens.

5. What does Freud say people wrongly think they want?
(a) Control over the people around them.
(b) Power and success.
(c) Inner peace and spiritual development.
(d) Healthy adjustment to their environment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Freud say he would have to do to fulfill this motto?

3. What does Freud say distinguishes happiness from troubles?

4. What does Freud say happens to things that are formed in the mind?

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

(see the answer key)

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