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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say happens when men do not exercise their aggression?
(a) They are creative.
(b) They are content.
(c) They are ill at ease.
(d) They are impatient.

2. What does Freud say people undervalue?
(a) The truly valuable things in life.
(b) The need for a spiritual life.
(c) The desire to revenge childhood wrongs.
(d) The value of power and success.

3. How does Freud describe the libido’s disinclination to relinquish an old position for a new one?
(a) As inertia.
(b) As conservatism.
(c) As synthesis.
(d) As regression.

4. Where does Freud say conscience originates?
(a) In powerlessness before authority.
(b) In acts of renunciation.
(c) In acts of punishment.
(d) In misfortunes suffered.

5. What does Freud say distinguishes the internal from the external, in the infant?
(a) The infant treats whatever is unpleasant as external.
(b) The infant sees all pleasure as coming in from the outside.
(c) The infant see unpleasant experiences as internal.
(d) The infant gets to use these categories creatively.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say his love seems to be, to him?

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

3. What does Freud say is the outcome of the struggle between libido and the interests of self-preservation?

4. What does Freud’s friend say he wishes Freud appreciated more fully?

5. What does Freud say is the first act of civilization?

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