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

2. What advantage does Freud say friendships have over genital love?

3. How does Freud characterize women’s influence on civilization?

4. What does Freud say is the highest state of mind deemed capable for man?

5. How does Freud characterize females in ‘ape-pre-history’?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the roles of Eros and Ananke in the development of civilization?

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

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

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

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

6. When does Freud say this view came into fashion?

7. What is Freud's response to his friend's feeling?

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

9. What is Freud’s personal feeling about religion?

10. How does Freud say instincts react when they are resisted through intoxication or through other forms of avoidance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Would you recommend Civilization and Its Discontents? For what purposes would you recommend Civilization and Its Discontents, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?

Essay Topic 2

Essay Topic 3

Freud does not say as much, but the ability to penetrate unconscious behavior, and bring invisible phenomena to light gives the analyst a real power over patients and in his culture. How does this authority fit within Freud’s explanations of religion, authority, dread and guilt? How does the analyst separate himself—can he separate himself from the fatherly or priestly role?

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