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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advantage does Freud say friendships have over genital love?
(a) They preserve the freedom of the parties.
(b) They provide the basis for business ventures.
(c) They allow families to merge.
(d) They are not exclusive.

3. What effect do violent men have on society?
(a) They define its boundaries.
(b) They build it up.
(c) They threaten to dissolve it.
(d) They catalyze it.

4. What is the first purpose civilization serves, in Freud's account?
(a) Improving the economy.
(b) Domesticating nature for human use.
(c) Increasing the number of members of society.
(d) Protecting human beings from nature.

5. What animal does Freud say man is to his fellow man?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dog.
(d) Cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose is the sole relationship that Freud says is not affected by property?

2. What does Freud say about happiness as a goal for men’s lives?

3. What does Freud say happens when men do not exercise their aggression?

4. What does Freud say about the question of what meaning life has?

5. What physical structure does Freud compare the psyche to?

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