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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Freud surprised that people have overlooked in their ideas about human nature?
(a) The fundamental kindness and love of others.
(b) The universality of non-erotic aggression.
(c) The near-universality of the incest taboo in adults.
(d) The dangers associated with libidinal liberty.

2. What does Freud say about happiness as a goal for men’s lives?
(a) It can never be satisfied.
(b) It is a fleeting experience.
(c) It can be sought in innumerable ways.
(d) It involves men in numerous contradictions.

3. What further restriction does Freud say civilization imposes on sexual life?
(a) Abortion.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) Monogamy.
(d) Chastity.

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

5. How else does Freud’s friend characterize religion?
(a) An impersonal, out-of-body experience.
(b) A mathematical certainty.
(c) A purely personal experience.
(d) A transcendent, unbounded experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say is the limit of Eros?

2. What else does Freud say can disturb the distinction between id and ego?

3. What does Freud say about the adult ego?

4. What does Freud say dwellings substitute for?

5. How does Freud characterize women’s influence on civilization?

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