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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 impatient.
(d) They are ill at ease.

2. What does Freud say destructive behavior is directed outward?
(a) To participate in the divine of act of creativity through violence.
(b) To protect the inner self.
(c) Because the state sanctions this.
(d) Because certain people deserve violence.

3. What does Freud say we are typically quite sure of?
(a) The feeling of our own self.
(b) The feeling of a personal god.
(c) The feeling of being lost in the world.
(d) The sensation of falling out of the world into dreams.

4. What does Freud say distinguishes happiness from troubles?
(a) We view it objectively.
(b) We are always surprised by it.
(c) We view it subjectively.
(d) We take it for granted.

5. What does Freud compare civilization to?
(a) A diplomatic mission.
(b) A repressive regime.
(c) A form of market haggling.
(d) A permissive regime.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say he has a hard time believing about his friend’s experience?

2. Where does the conscience’s severity originate, according to Freud?

3. What further restriction does Freud say civilization imposes on sexual life?

4. What objection does Freud raise, to this highest kind of love?

5. What does Freud say society’s principal endeavor is?

(see the answer key)

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