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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Freud says that people typically do not want to see human beings as innately cruel and destructive—What idea about human do they hold to instead?
(a) That human beings are essentially tormented creatures.
(b) That inequality and violence are the result of exploitation.
(c) That man is made in God’s benign image.
(d) That human flaws are the result of bad decisions.

2. What does Freud say about restrictions on sexual life if society is to be held together?
(a) They are not always necessary.
(b) They are necessary.
(c) They inhibit social cohesion.
(d) They can be replaced by other restrictions.

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

4. Who does Freud say are the parents of human cultures?
(a) Demeter and Zeus.
(b) Eros and Ananke.
(c) Pan and Hades.
(d) Chronos and Uranus.

5. What does Freud say men should make humble obeisance” to?
(a) The high-minded nature of man.
(b) The power of the Devil, or man’s innate destructiveness.
(c) The power of the state to regulate human affairs.
(d) The divine grace of God.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Freud say is the best way to escape from discomfort?

4. What is the first cause that increased men’s dissatisfaction with civilization?

5. What does Freud say happens to things that are formed in the mind?

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