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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 the dangerous and hostile aspects of love are typically attributed to?
(a) Neurotic self-destructiveness.
(b) Sublimation of the pleasure principle.
(c) A fundamental bipolarity in its nature.
(d) Flaws in human nature.

2. What does Freud say we will never overcome?
(a) Nature.
(b) Society.
(c) Language.
(d) Ourselves.

3. When can a feeling be a source of energy, according to Freud?
(a) When it originates in pure intuition.
(b) When it originates in a powerful need.
(c) When it is motivated by religious intuition.
(d) When it comes from an external source.

4. What animal does Freud say man is to his fellow man?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Cat.
(c) Horse.
(d) Dog.

5. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?
(a) The mother’s desire to keep her progeny close to her.
(b) An mutual non-aggression agreement between brothers.
(c) A taboo surrounding women, particularly during menstruation.
(d) An unapproachable authority of the father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Freud say aggression is turned innocuous?

3. Which of the following is NOT a place Freud says suffering comes from?

4. How does Freud describe wickedness?

5. How does Freud say his friend experiences religion?

(see the answer key)

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