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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Totem & Taboo.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the editor, from what does the current American society suffer?
(a) Obesity.
(b) Anxiety related to recognizing and treating neuroses and hysteria.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Lack of perception into what they feel.

2. Why was the Psycho-Analytic Society formed?
(a) To practice legal research.
(b) To maintain quantity.
(c) To maintain quality.
(d) To improve Freud's popularity.

3. What author does Freud mention publishing a four volume work on totem that he used in his own studies?
(a) JG Frazer.
(b) JC Frazier.
(c) Brad Frazier.
(d) JA Fraze.

4. Who does Freud criticize in the beginning of "Therapy and Technique"?
(a) Others errors made in this practice.
(b) Carl Jung.
(c) Charcot.
(d) Himself.

5. What is another term used for periodic depression?
(a) Melancholy.
(b) Anger.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Sadness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Freud being viewed by the culture in the chapter "The Theory of Sexuality"?

2. What are two symptoms of periodic depression mentioned in "Theory of Sexuality"?

3. How many characteristics of totem animals does Freud give?

4. What does Freud say is a type of mental pathology?

5. What is one of the terms introduced that is one or a bundle of behavioral symptoms that shows something is 'wrong'?

(see the answer key)

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