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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say is Eros’ goal?
(a) To make one out of one.
(b) To make one out of many.
(c) To blur distinctions between individuals.
(d) To make individual lovers unique.

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

3. How does Freud distinguish between the individual trend in civilization, and the cultural trend in civilization?
(a) Dependent and independent.
(b) Egotistic and altruistic.
(c) The Eros instinct and the death principle.
(d) Immoral and ethical.

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

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

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

7. How does Freud say aggression is turned innocuous?
(a) It is dissipated.
(b) It is internalized.
(c) It is organized.
(d) It is externalized.

8. To whom are sexual frustrations intolerable, according to Freud?
(a) Neurotics.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Perverts.

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

10. Freud says that people typically do not want to see human beings as innately cruel and destructive—What idea about human do they hold to instead?
(a) That inequality and violence are the result of exploitation.
(b) That human flaws are the result of bad decisions.
(c) That human beings are essentially tormented creatures.
(d) That man is made in God’s benign image.

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

12. What forces does Freud say are balanced in animals, that they are not aware of cultural struggles?
(a) Function and form.
(b) Environment and instincts.
(c) Danger and hunger.
(d) Lust and seasons.

13. What explanation does Freud offer for believing in loving his enemies?
(a) Believe because you need your enemies to think this way as well.
(b) Believe because the social cost is high if you do not.
(c) Believe because it is transcendent.
(d) Believe because it is absurd.

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

15. What feeling does Freud say is associated with the negation of aggression?
(a) Lust.
(b) Shame.
(c) Envy.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say is the relation between ‘love thy neighbor as thyself’ and ‘love thine enemies’?

2. What work does Freud say he has to do in therapy, in regard to the cultural super-ego?

3. What does Freud say is the most pressing problem in the evolution of culture?

4. What does Freud say needs to be taken into account when considering the love one should have for neighbors and enemies?

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

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