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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Freud say the remorse of conscience ultimately originates?
(a) Loathing directed toward the self.
(b) Anticipation of pleasure.
(c) Ambivalence toward the father.
(d) Forbidden longing for the mother.

2. What is the ego instinct antithetical to, according to Freud?
(a) Sadism.
(b) The pleasure principle.
(c) Libidinal instincts.
(d) The reality principle.

3. What does Freud say his love seems to be, to him?
(a) Something he needs to control and regulate.
(b) Something he needs to abide by, no matter what it demands.
(c) Something he is compelled to give to society.
(d) Something he can give according to his whim.

4. What does Freud say accompanies destructive behavior?
(a) Moral indifference.
(b) An out-of-body sensation.
(c) Profound pleasure.
(d) Self-loathing.

5. What does Freud say needs to be taken into account when considering the love one should have for neighbors and enemies?
(a) Mankind's need for divine grace.
(b) Man's innate aggression.
(c) Humanity's original sin.
(d) Humankind’s innate trustfulness.

6. How does Freud characterize the impulse behind he injunction to love thy neighbor as thyself?
(a) Delight.
(b) Solemnity.
(c) Hostility.
(d) Blindness.

7. What animal does Freud say man is to his fellow man?
(a) Cat.
(b) Horse.
(c) Dog.
(d) Wolf.

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

9. What does Freud say libido intersects with, at a certain point?
(a) The reality principle.
(b) Instinctual energy.
(c) Sadism.
(d) Repression.

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

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

12. Where does Freud say conscience originates?
(a) In powerlessness before authority.
(b) In acts of renunciation.
(c) In acts of punishment.
(d) In misfortunes suffered.

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

14. What does Freud say is the result of any cessation of the external violence?
(a) A rite of passage into adulthood.
(b) Self-destructive behavior.
(c) Peace and happiness.
(d) Neurosis.

15. What do Freud’s patients not believe, in his account?
(a) His belief in the salutary effect of guilt.
(b) His diagnosis of unconscious guilt.
(c) His description of their conscious guilt.
(d) His prognosis that guilt will remain with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the libido cathect in a narcissist, according to Freud?

2. How does Freud say aggression is turned innocuous?

3. Who does Freud say the savage blames if bad things happen to him?

4. What does Freud say is Eros’ goal?

5. What question does Freud say this teaching omits?

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