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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?
(a) The mother’s desire to keep her progeny close to her.
(b) A taboo surrounding women, particularly during menstruation.
(c) An mutual non-aggression agreement between brothers.
(d) An unapproachable authority of the father.

3. What does Freud say is incompatible with civilization?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Language.
(c) Sex.
(d) Religion.

4. Which of man’s conceptions does Freud say men embodied in gods?
(a) Omnipotence.
(b) Cultural history.
(c) Language.
(d) Memory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freud say “extra-genital forms of satisfaction” are “interdicted”?

2. What does Freud say dwellings substitute for?

3. What does Freud say wise men have ever warned against?

4. Which relation does Freud NOT list as evidence of the relations whose regulation constitutes civilization?

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

(see the answer key)

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