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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Freud say are the two forces driving all human activities?
2. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?
3. How does Freud characterize the aim of the modified sex instinct, in people who find happiness along the path of love?
4. What else does Freud say can disturb the distinction between id and ego?
5. What does Freud say is incompatible with civilization?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the importance of the argument about conservation in the mind?
2. What role does dirt play, in civilization, according to Freud?
3. What does Freud use the city of Rome as a metaphor for?
4. What are the three palliative remedies to the unbearable difficulty of life?
5. What does Freud say is the difference between love and aim-inhibited love?
6. What does Freud say was the consequence of man’s realization that his lot could be improved by his own labors?
7. What role does Freud say genital erotic life plays in the development of the civilized man?
8. Where does Freud say suffering comes from?
9. How would you describe Freud’s style of argumentation?
10. What does Freud say the ordinary man understands by his religion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How would you rewrite Civilization and Its Discontents, if you were to adapt it and make it your own. What part of the book would you preserve? What part would you change? Explain your motivation for the changes you would make.
Essay Topic 2
Would you recommend Civilization and Its Discontents? For what purposes would you recommend Civilization and Its Discontents, and what kinds of readers would you recommend it for? What other book would you recommend that would cover the same material or tell the same story in a different way?
Essay Topic 3
What topics would you like to research further, after reading Civilization and Its Discontents. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on Civilization and Its Discontents.
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