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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud say we see civilization?
(a) As another nature.
(b) As part of our suffering.
(c) As our haven from suffering.
(d) As an externalization of ourselves.

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

3. What does Freud say is Eros’ goal?
(a) To make individual lovers unique.
(b) To make one out of many.
(c) To blur distinctions between individuals.
(d) To make one out of one.

4. What does Freud say he has a hard time believing about his friend’s experience?
(a) That more people do not share it.
(b) That it has not been adequately described in religious literature.
(c) That nature should provide such a direct feeling of connection.
(d) That it is not the fountain and origin of all religious feelings.

5. Who does Freud say we act like, when we substitute a wish-fulfillment for an unbearable aspect of the world?
(a) The artist.
(b) The schizophrenic.
(c) The pathological liar.
(d) The paranoiac.

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Freud say man is to his fellow man?

2. What does the infant fail to understand about the milk it receives from the breast?

3. What does Freud say was the “most maiming wound ever inflicted throughout the ages on the erotic life of man”?

4. How does Freud characterize religion?

5. Where does Freud say the remorse of conscience ultimately originates?

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