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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 was the “most maiming wound ever inflicted throughout the ages on the erotic life of man”?
(a) The taboo on endogamy.
(b) The taboo on exogamy.
(c) The taboo on incest.
(d) The taboo on bestiality.

2. What is society based on, according to Freud?
(a) Development of laws.
(b) Religious prohibitions.
(c) Common sacrifice.
(d) Individual liberty.

3. What do we expect labor to be devoted to, in a civilized country, according to Freud?
(a) Exploitation of nature.
(b) Uselessly beautiful things.
(c) Scientific progress.
(d) Space exploration.

4. What does Freud say people wrongly think they want?
(a) Inner peace and spiritual development.
(b) Control over the people around them.
(c) Healthy adjustment to their environment.
(d) Power and success.

5. How does Freud say we see civilization?
(a) As another nature.
(b) As part of our suffering.
(c) As our haven from suffering.
(d) As an externalization of ourselves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say is the first requirement of civilization?

2. How does Freud characterize religion?

3. What does Freud say civilization could not survive without?

4. Which of the following is NOT one of the “palliative remedies” men seek out in order to assuage the difficulty of life?

5. What does Freud say is the highest state of mind deemed capable for man?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Freud say progress has not made modern man any happier?

2. What role does dirt play, in civilization, according to Freud?

3. What is Freud's response to his friend's feeling?

4. Where does Freud say suffering comes from?

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

6. How does Freud characterize modern progress?

7. What are the advantages and disadvantages of denying the world, in Freud's account?

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

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

10. How does Freud characterize the roles of Eros and Ananke in the development of civilization?

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