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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say he would have to do to fulfill this motto?
(a) Make sacrifices.
(b) Love all humanity.
(c) Remain celibate.
(d) Find the right partner.

2. How does Freud describe the libido’s disinclination to relinquish an old position for a new one?
(a) As conservatism.
(b) As regression.
(c) As inertia.
(d) As synthesis.

3. Whose is the sole relationship that Freud says is not affected by property?
(a) Brother and brother.
(b) Father and son.
(c) Mother and son.
(d) Mother and daughter.

4. What does Freud say intensifies the strength of the conscience?
(a) Religion.
(b) Gratification.
(c) Misfortune.
(d) Experience.

5. What does Freud say the libidinal elements of a desire turn into when they are repressed?
(a) Remorse.
(b) Symptoms.
(c) Obsession.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Christianity offer to purge all humanity of guilt?

2. What objection does Freud make against the Communist promise of economic equality?

3. What does Freud say libido intersects with, at a certain point?

4. What is the second purpose civilization serves, in Freud's account?

5. What problem does Freud identify, with holding the Devil responsible for human violence?

(see the answer key)

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