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

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

3. What problem does Freud identify, with holding the Devil responsible for human violence?
(a) The Devil would not have any power if he was not part of God.
(b) The Devil is no more provable than God.
(c) Old superstitious ideas have been outgrown in modern times.
(d) Even the Devil must have been created by God.

4. What does Freud say distinguishes happiness from troubles?
(a) We view it objectively.
(b) We view it subjectively.
(c) We take it for granted.
(d) We are always surprised by it.

5. How does Freud ultimately characterize his friend’s religious feeling?
(a) As a mere wish-fulfillment.
(b) As an irrational faith.
(c) As a raw superstition.
(d) As an intellectual judgment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the state of society in which couples are satisfied libidinally, and society is joined together through work and common interests?

2. What does Freud say is still necessary, if men are united in love?

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

4. What is the second purpose civilization serves, in Freud's account?

5. How does Freud characterize the phenomena he is describing?

(see the answer key)

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