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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 problem does Freud identify, with holding the Devil responsible for human violence?
(a) The Devil is no more provable than God.
(b) Even the Devil must have been created by God.
(c) Old superstitious ideas have been outgrown in modern times.
(d) The Devil would not have any power if he was not part of God.

2. Who does Freud say takes the place of mother and father, as people grow up?
(a) The leaders of society.
(b) Society as a whole.
(c) Once's instincts.
(d) One's offspring.

3. Freud says that it is hard to see Eros and the death instinct unmixed together. Where does he say he might expect to see them?
(a) Extreme cases.
(b) Neurotics.
(c) Infants.
(d) Religious types.

4. What comparison does Freud make between the Devil and Jews?
(a) He says that they are both enemies of Christians.
(b) He says that they are both illusory concepts.
(c) He says that they are both scapegoats.
(d) He says that Jews are the Devil incarnate.

5. What is the ego instinct antithetical to, according to Freud?
(a) Libidinal instincts.
(b) The reality principle.
(c) Sadism.
(d) The pleasure principle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say is the outcome of the struggle between libido and the interests of self-preservation?

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

3. How does Freud characterize the phenomena he is describing?

4. What does Freud say men should make humble obeisance” to?

5. How does Freud describe society relationship with sexuality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How pervasive does Freud say the human sentiments about property are?

2. What difficulty does Freud say he would expect in any analysis that sought to analyze society’s neuroses?

3. What difficulties does Freud say are involved in describing the death instinct?

4. How does Freud characterize the traditional view of the extremes of pleasure and pain in love?

5. How does Freud characterize the super-ego’s cultural function?

6. What is the role of misfortune in the formation of the super-ego, according to Freud?

7. In what three spheres does Freud see the same interplay between Eros and death playing out?

8. How does Freud say unconscious guilt expresses itself?

9. Where does Freud say the feeling of guilt originates?

10. How does Freud explain the origin of remorse?

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