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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of civilization, in Freud's account?
(a) The regulation of sexual desire.
(b) The development of communications technologies.
(c) The regulation of rivers.
(d) The exploitation of minerals.

2. How does Freud characterize writing?
(a) As an externalization of the voice of the absent.
(b) As a manifestation of the unconscious.
(c) As an exteriorization of the inner voice.
(d) As a record of God's thoughts.

3. What question does Freud say this teaching omits?
(a) The question of the heart's capacity.
(b) The question of intellectual attraction.
(c) The question of the other’s worth.
(d) The question of sexual desire.

4. What does Freud say about the question of what meaning life has?
(a) That it has never been satisfactorily answered.
(b) That the answer is so simple it will never be believed.
(c) That most answers are really a form of dodging the question.
(d) That few men have the education to understand the answer.

5. What does Freud say a neighbor tempts a man to?
(a) Love.
(b) Taboo sexual uses.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Aggression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Freud says that he sent a friend a copy of his book—how does Freud’s book characterize religion?

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

3. What does Freud say is the only acceptable goal of marriage?

4. What notion is it that “draws up the programme of life’s purpose” in Freud's account?

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

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