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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 describe society relationship with sexuality?

2. To whom are sexual frustrations intolerable, according to Freud?

3. What comparison does Freud make between the Devil and Jews?

4. To what subject does Freud turn in order to know how society controls aggression?

5. What does Freud say he seeks in scientific work?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the traditional view of the extremes of pleasure and pain in love?

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

3. What insights does Freud offer into the value of communism?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Freud explain the origin of remorse?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an evaluative review of Civilization and Its Discontents. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

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