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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say distinguishes the internal from the external, in the infant?
(a) The infant gets to use these categories creatively.
(b) The infant sees all pleasure as coming in from the outside.
(c) The infant treats whatever is unpleasant as external.
(d) The infant see unpleasant experiences as internal.

2. Which development does Freud say is without prototype?
(a) The discovery of fire.
(b) The development of weapons.
(c) The ability to communicate.
(d) The construction of houses.

3. With what realization does Freud say primitive man started to be civilized?
(a) That the earth would not provide for him always.
(b) That he was capable of controlling his environment.
(c) That his lot was in his own hands.
(d) That he was capable of making tools.

4. What is the first cause that increased men’s dissatisfaction with civilization?
(a) The filthiness of most gardens.
(b) The relative happiness of Indians.
(c) The excesses of modern scientific methods.
(d) The failure to manifest heaven on earth.

5. What does Freud say is the point of order and regulation?
(a) Perfecting God's work.
(b) Reducing anxiety.
(c) Increasing cleanliness.
(d) Reducing the effect of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say men seek in their lives?

2. Which of the following is NOT a place Freud says suffering comes from?

3. What does Freud say society’s principal endeavor is?

4. What assurance does Freud say men get from religion?

5. What does Freud say a psychologist is in danger of forgetting?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Freud say suffering comes from?

2. What does Freud say is the difference between creating art and enjoying art?

3. What role does Freud say the regulation of human relations played in the development of civilization?

4. What does Freud say is the relationship between love and aim-inhibited love?

5. What is the importance of the argument about conservation in the mind?

6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of beauty as a consolation for the difficulties of reality?

7. How does the role of women change, as men began to feel torn between sensual and aim-inhibited love?

8. What does Freud say is the end-result of a civilization?

9. What does Freud say was the consequence of man’s realization that his lot could be improved by his own labors?

10. Where does Freud says that the man’s need for religion comes from?

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