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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 the dangerous and hostile aspects of love are typically attributed to?

2. When does destructive energy typically elude the researcher’s gaze, according to Freud?

3. How does Freud say society endeavors to restrict violence?

4. What does Freud say is Eros’ goal?

5. What does Freud posit in the conclusion of Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How, according to Freud, do other people figure differently in sensual love and social love?

5. What difficulties does Freud say are involved in describing the death instinct?

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

7. Where does Freud say the feeling of guilt originates?

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

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

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

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

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 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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