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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud say society endeavors to restrict violence?
(a) By authorizing violence for certain uses.
(b) Be exiling violent people.
(c) By forcing self-monitoring in the people.
(d) By claiming violence as its sole right.

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

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

4. Where does Freud say man’s sense of guilt originates?
(a) In the fear of the loss of love.
(b) In the rejection of actual authorities for conscience.
(c) In the desire a child has to return to an earlier state.
(d) In the Oedipal murder of the father.

5. Where does Freud say society sets up institutions to monitor behavior?
(a) In every family.
(b) In every patriarch.
(c) In people’s minds.
(d) In every city.

6. Who does Freud say the savage blames if bad things happen to him?
(a) Himself.
(b) His fate.
(c) His society.
(d) His fetish.

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

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

9. When does destructive energy typically elude the researcher’s gaze, according to Freud?
(a) When it is turned inward.
(b) When it takes place in intimate relationships.
(c) When it is expressed politically.
(d) When it is employed in limiting a person’s potential.

10. What does Freud say is the relation between ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’ and ‘love thine enemies’?
(a) He says that they are complementary.
(b) He says they are opposed.
(c) He says that it is harder to love your neighbor than your enemy.
(d) He says they are the same.

11. What does Freud posit in the conclusion of Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920)?
(a) The reality principle.
(b) The importance of narcissism.
(c) The importance of sadism.
(d) A death instinct.

12. What does Freud say happens when men do not exercise their aggression?
(a) They are content.
(b) They are creative.
(c) They are impatient.
(d) They are ill at ease.

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

14. Who does Freud say takes the place of mother and father, as people grow up?
(a) Society as a whole.
(b) Once's instincts.
(c) One's offspring.
(d) The leaders of society.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Freud’s first reaction to the notion that one should “love they neighbor as thyself”?

2. What does Freud say is the outcome of the struggle between libido and the interests of self-preservation?

3. What does Freud say is hidden from the super-ego?

4. What does Freud say a neighbor tempts a man to?

5. What do Freud’s patients not believe, in his account?

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