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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Freud say society sets up institutions to monitor behavior?
(a) In every patriarch.
(b) In every city.
(c) In people’s minds.
(d) In every family.

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the “palliative remedies” men seek out in order to assuage the difficulty of life?
(a) Intoxicating substances.
(b) Meditation and mysticism.
(c) Powerful diversions of interest.
(d) Substitutive gratifications.

3. What does Freud say a psychologist is in danger of forgetting?
(a) The power of sexism.
(b) The history of racism.
(c) The variety of mankind.
(d) The techniques for avoiding confrontation.

4. What does the libido cathect in a narcissist, according to Freud?
(a) The beloved.
(b) The father.
(c) The ego.
(d) Society.

5. How does Freud characterize religion?
(a) Transcendent.
(b) Infantile.
(c) Wise.
(d) Ridiculous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say libido intersects with, at a certain point?

2. How does Freud say aggression is turned innocuous?

3. What is the ego instinct antithetical to, according to Freud?

4. What does Freud say about the question of what meaning life has?

5. Which of man’s conceptions does Freud say men embodied in gods?

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