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

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

3. How does Freud characterize the phenomena he is describing?
(a) Uncommon events.
(b) Specialized knowledge.
(c) Exceptional cases.
(d) Common sense.

4. How does guilt express itself, according to Freud?
(a) In a desire to break the rules.
(b) In a self-destructive behavior.
(c) In a desire for gratification.
(d) In a desire for punishment.

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

6. Whom does Freud say he would be wronging, to love his neighbor as himself?
(a) Those who value his love.
(b) The stranger.
(c) His family.
(d) Himself.

7. How does Freud say he can tell that the death instinct exists?
(a) He says that it is a background to Eros.
(b) He says that there is proof in non-sexual violence.
(c) He says that it can be interpolated from the Great War.
(d) He says that there is only a theoretical notion.

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

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

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

11. What does the conscience take the place of?
(a) External authority.
(b) The super-ego.
(c) The death instinct.
(d) The pleasure principle.

12. What does Freud say people give up in exchange for their membership in society?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Remorse.
(c) Guilt.
(d) Desire.

13. What does Freud say is the most pressing problem in the evolution of culture?
(a) Pleasure.
(b) Authority.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Guilt.

14. What objection does Freud make against the Communist promise of economic equality?
(a) That human psychology will be the same in capitalist and communist societies.
(b) That envy and violence live in the human heart, and cannot be assuaged by economics.
(c) That values are determined through desires, which are irrational.
(d) That nature provides men with unequal gifts.

15. Where does Freud ultimately test and validate his conclusions about guilt and remorse?
(a) Biblical literature.
(b) Clinical observation.
(c) Poetry and the arts.
(d) Extensive research.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Freud say the ability to distinguish between good and evil comes from?

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

3. What does Freud say destructive behavior is directed outward?

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

5. What does Freud say is still necessary, if men are united in love?

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