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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Freud say society’s principal endeavor is?
2. What does Freud say are the two forces driving all human activities?
3. What does Freud say distinguishes happiness from troubles?
4. Who does Freud say are the parents of human cultures?
5. What further restriction does Freud say civilization imposes on sexual life?
Short Essay Questions
1. What role does Freud say genital erotic life plays in the development of the civilized man?
2. When does Freud say this view came into fashion?
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of denying the world, in Freud's account?
4. How does Freud describe the evolution of the adult ego?
5. What misconception does Freud dispel at the end of Chapter 3?
6. What does Freud say are the benefits and dangers of intoxication?
7. What does Freud say is the relationship between love and aim-inhibited love?
8. What does Freud say the ordinary man understands by his religion?
9. Where does Freud says that the man’s need for religion comes from?
10. What is Freud’s personal feeling about religion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
Essay Topic 2
According to Freud, guilt regulates the internal urges of each individual, although Freud says that by so doing, it engenders resentment that has to be repressed in turn, engendering further guilt. This cycle could result in an eternal spiral of repression and aggression and guilt—what keeps it from becoming psychologically damaging, or out of control?
Essay Topic 3
Who is the audience for Civilization and Its Discontents? What is the ideal reader for Civilization and Its Discontents likely to think about the book’s main topics? How does this book try to affect the reader? What is it trying to teach him or her, or get him or her to do?
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