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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud characterize the state of society in which couples are satisfied libidinally, and society is joined together through work and common interests?
(a) He says that it has not been seen since the hunter-gatherers.
(b) He says that it is a mark of early agricultural culture only.
(c) He says that it is coming into existence in the 20th century.
(d) He says that it never existed in human society.

2. Where does Freud say the religious feeling comes from?
(a) A child's need for a mother.
(b) A child’s need for a father.
(c) A child's need for food.
(d) A child's need for God.

3. With what realization does Freud say primitive man started to be civilized?
(a) That he was capable of controlling his environment.
(b) That his lot was in his own hands.
(c) That he was capable of making tools.
(d) That the earth would not provide for him always.

4. What does Freud quote the poet Schiller as saying make the world go round?
(a) Hunger and love.
(b) Lust and shame.
(c) Fear and loathing.
(d) Bread and circuses.

5. Which of man’s conceptions does Freud say men embodied in gods?
(a) Language.
(b) Cultural history.
(c) Omnipotence.
(d) Memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say is the standard for sexual life in a civilization?

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of civilization, in Freud's account?

3. What does Freud say men seek in their lives?

4. What do we expect labor to be devoted to, in a civilized country, according to Freud?

5. What does Freud say is the point of order and regulation?

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