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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. Freud says that he sent a friend a copy of his book—how does Freud’s book characterize religion?
3. How does Freud say his friend experiences religion?
4. What does Freud say is the highest state of mind deemed capable for man?
5. What does Freud say people undervalue?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Freud say progress has not made modern man any happier?
2. What is the importance of the argument about conservation in the mind?
3. How does Freud characterize the roles of Eros and Ananke in the development of civilization?
4. What is Freud’s personal feeling about religion?
5. How would you describe Freud’s style of argumentation?
6. What does Freud say is the relationship between love and aim-inhibited love?
7. What role does dirt play, in civilization, according to Freud?
8. What does Freud say is the end-result of a civilization?
9. How does Freud describe the effect of changes in the human olfactory sense on civilization?
10. Where does Freud say suffering comes from?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Identify the most important plot points in Civilization and Its Discontents. What is at stake in each of these moments? What possibilities do these moments present, and how are those possibilities channeled into specific actions or events? How does the plot chart its course among other alternative or possible plots?
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