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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. How does Freud characterize the impulse behind he injunction to love thy neighbor as thyself?

2. Where does Freud say man’s sense of guilt originates?

3. Who does Freud say the savage blames if bad things happen to him?

4. What does Freud say is still necessary, if men are united in love?

5. How does Freud characterize the phenomena he is describing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What goal does Freud say the instincts are leading man toward?

2. In what three spheres does Freud see the same interplay between Eros and death playing out?

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

4. What conclusion does Freud’s discussion of the Golden Rule lead him to make about human nature?

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

6. How does Freud describe the function of narcissism in the ego?

7. How pervasive does Freud say the human sentiments about property are?

8. What does Freud say society does in order to accommodate the traits he sees in human nature?

9. How does Freud characterize the super-ego’s cultural function?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Freud’s treatment of women, and their place in his theories. How would Civilization and its Discontents be different if it were written based on a woman’s perspective?

Essay Topic 3

Freud says that society is a living organism that externalizes the life of the individual and follows the same psychological patterns. Using an example from current events, find the mechanisms Freud is talking about in a cultural phenomenon.

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