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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say men seek in their lives?
(a) Power.
(b) Transcendence.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Grace.

2. What question does Freud say no one asks?
(a) What language life’s meaning would need to be expressed in.
(b) Whether God's existence could be scientifically proven.
(c) What the purpose of the lives of the animals is.
(d) What would happen if men could tell what the purpose of life is.

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

4. What does Freud say is the danger of intoxication?
(a) It causes regrets in sober men.
(b) It wastes valuable energies.
(c) It wastes valuable energies.
(d) It is destructive.

5. Why does Freud say people are hostile toward civilization?
(a) Because it is imposed from without.
(b) Because it makes promises it cannot fulfill.
(c) Because it is an obstacle to religion.
(d) Because it is antagonistic to nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objection does Freud raise, to this highest kind of love?

2. When does Freud say we are most susceptible to suffering?

3. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?

4. Which development does Freud say is without prototype?

5. What paternal quality does Freud attribute to God?

(see the answer key)

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