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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Freud say civilization could not survive without?
(a) Laws.
(b) Alcohol.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Art.
2. What paternal quality does Freud attribute to God?
(a) The ability to understand the needs of the sons of men.
(b) The ability to exceed all attempts at description.
(c) The ability to provide for all of men’s needs.
(d) The ability to understand the needs of the sons of men.
3. What is the second cause that increased men’s dissatisfaction with civilization?
(a) A knowledge of evolution.
(b) A knowledge of neurosis.
(c) A knowledge of anatomy.
(d) The scientific method.
4. How do lovers, in Freud's account, detach themselves from the danger of encountering pain through love?
(a) By keeping their love temporary.
(b) By turning their love into art.
(c) By loving mankind in general.
(d) By fighting to the death to protect the beloved.
5. How does Freud say the ego appears to the id?
(a) As an ingredient.
(b) As a story.
(c) As an obstacle.
(d) As a façade.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Freud characterize writing?
2. What question does Freud say no one asks?
3. What does Freud say is the relation between society and the individual’s desire for freedom?
4. What else does Freud say can disturb the distinction between id and ego?
5. Why does Freud say people are hostile toward civilization?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of denying the world, in Freud's account?
2. When does Freud say this view came into fashion?
3. How would you describe Freud’s style of argumentation?
4. Why does Freud say progress has not made modern man any happier?
5. How does Freud characterize modern progress?
6. How does the role of women change, as men began to feel torn between sensual and aim-inhibited love?
7. What does Freud say is the difference between creating art and enjoying art?
8. What are the three palliative remedies to the unbearable difficulty of life?
9. What role does Freud say the regulation of human relations played in the development of civilization?
10. What role does dirt play, in civilization, according to Freud?
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