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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. 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) Religious types.
(b) Extreme cases.
(c) Infants.
(d) Neurotics.

2. How does Christianity offer to purge all humanity of guilt?
(a) By the ritual of confession of sins.
(b) By redeeming sin through Christ’s sacrifice.
(c) By offering men transubstantiation through Communion.
(d) By binding men and women through marriage.

3. What does Freud say happens when men do not exercise their aggression?
(a) They are content.
(b) They are impatient.
(c) They are creative.
(d) They are ill at ease.

4. What does Freud say is the result of any cessation of the external violence?
(a) A rite of passage into adulthood.
(b) Neurosis.
(c) Self-destructive behavior.
(d) Peace and happiness.

5. What animal does Freud say man is to his fellow man?
(a) Horse.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Cat.
(d) Dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say the feeling of guilt expresses?

2. How does Freud say the sense of guilt produced by culture is expressed?

3. What does the destructive instinct provide when it is harnessed, according to Freud?

4. What does Freud say the dangerous and hostile aspects of love are typically attributed to?

5. What does Freud say accompanies destructive behavior?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Freud describe the super-ego?

3. How, according to Freud, do other people figure differently in sensual love and social love?

4. 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?

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

6. How does Freud say unconscious guilt expresses itself?

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

8. What resistance does Freud offer to the notion that he should love his neighbor as himself?

9. How does Freud characterize the opposition of egoism and altruism?

10. How does Freud say society uses men’s aggression productively?

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