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

2. Whose is the sole relationship that Freud says is not affected by property?
(a) Mother and son.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Brother and brother.

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

4. Whom does Freud say he would be wronging, to love his neighbor as himself?
(a) The stranger.
(b) Those who value his love.
(c) Himself.
(d) His family.

5. How does Freud characterize our culture’s methods of preparing young people for their lives as adults?
(a) Like outfitting a warrior in protective armor.
(b) Like sending an Artic expedition with summer sweaters.
(c) Like teaching a tradesman the use of his tools.
(d) Like training a bear to sing and dance on cue.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what does Freud say guilt ultimately coincides?

2. What does Freud say the libidinal elements of a desire turn into when they are repressed?

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

4. How does Freud say society endeavors to restrict violence?

5. How does Christianity offer to purge all humanity of guilt?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do sadism and masochism reveal the interplay between Eros and death instincts, in Freud's account?

2. How does Freud characterize the mindset of people who do not appreciate the reality he is describing, of hostility as a fundamental force of human nature?

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

4. In what way does Freud say that primitive man was indeed happier than civilized man?

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

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

7. In what regard to human beings differ from animals, in Freud's account?

8. How does Freud describe the super-ego?

9. What does Freud mean when he says that hunger and love make the world go around?

10. What does Freud mean when he says that the problem of guilt as “the most important problem in the evolution of civilization”?

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