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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say dwellings substitute for?
(a) The first cradle.
(b) The mother’s womb.
(c) Society itself.
(d) Society's laws.

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

3. What does Freud say civilization could not survive without?
(a) Art.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Alcohol.
(d) Laws.

4. What does Freud say happens to things that are formed in the mind?
(a) They naturally disappear in time.
(b) They never vanish.
(c) They disappear if they are not recalled.
(d) They become specters.

5. What supposition does Freud make about this structure’s relationship with the psyche?
(a) That its whole past has vanished except for the living moment.
(b) That even its present structure is already a ruins.
(c) That its whole history still exists at once.
(d) That a person could decide which layers of history to see.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What physical structure does Freud compare the psyche to?

3. What does Freud say distinguishes happiness from troubles?

4. Where does Freud say the religious feeling comes from?

5. What is society based on, according to Freud?

(see the answer key)

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