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

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

3. Which relation does Freud NOT list as evidence of the relations whose regulation constitutes civilization?
(a) The relation between family members.
(b) The relation between man and animal.
(c) The relations between neighbors.
(d) The relationship between husband and wife.

4. What does Freud say happens to things that are formed in the mind?
(a) They never vanish.
(b) They become specters.
(c) They disappear if they are not recalled.
(d) They naturally disappear in time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say about the question of what meaning life has?

2. What does Freud say dwellings substitute for?

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

4. What does a person who has science and art have, according to the poet Freud quotes?

5. What does Freud say this notion is in conflict with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Freud say are the benefits and dangers of intoxication?

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

3. What role does Freud say genital erotic life plays in the development of the civilized man?

4. How does Freud describe the evolution of the adult ego?

5. What does Freud say is the typical attitude about civilization’s disadvantages?

6. How does Freud say the love instinct has changed throughout the development of civilization?

7. According to Freud, what is the feeling with which his friend resists his arguments about religion?

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

9. What does Freud say the ordinary man understands by his religion?

10. What does Freud say is the difference between love and aim-inhibited love?

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