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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do we expect labor to be devoted to, in a civilized country, according to Freud?
(a) Scientific progress.
(b) Space exploration.
(c) Exploitation of nature.
(d) Uselessly beautiful things.

2. What does Freud say is the highest state of mind deemed capable for man?
(a) Love a child.
(b) Love of a spouse.
(c) Love of humanity.
(d) Love of a brother.

3. What does Freud say is the point of order and regulation?
(a) Increasing cleanliness.
(b) Perfecting God's work.
(c) Reducing the effect of nature.
(d) Reducing anxiety.

4. What does Freud say is the limit of Eros?
(a) It does not work on more than two people at a time.
(b) It comes into focus and clarity when there is a triangle of three.
(c) It is purest in one person alone.
(d) It is perfected in the abstract love of all society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Freud say this teaching omits?

2. What explanation does Freud offer for believing in loving his enemies?

3. How does Freud say aggression is turned innocuous?

4. Which of the following is NOT a place Freud says suffering comes from?

5. How does Freud characterize the relationship between Eros and the death principle?

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