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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What feature of culture characterizes it better than any other, according to Freud?
(a) The ability to exploit natural resources.
(b) The emphasis on intellectual activities.
(c) The capacity for empathy and feeling.
(d) The ability to efficiently control the masses.

4. How does Freud describe wickedness?
(a) As that which is forbidden.
(b) As that which others have been punished for.
(c) As that which should not be done.
(d) As that which has been punished in the past.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say men seek in their lives?

2. Where does Freud say conscience originates?

3. How does Freud characterize the law culture has to obey through each of its members?

4. Which development does Freud say is without prototype?

5. What is the first purpose civilization serves, in Freud's account?

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