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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 a psychologist is in danger of forgetting?
(a) The variety of mankind.
(b) The power of sexism.
(c) The history of racism.
(d) The techniques for avoiding confrontation.

2. What does Freud say he will study in order to explore the question of how men find meaning in life?
(a) Ancient Greek texts.
(b) Brain science.
(c) Men’s behavior.
(d) Pathology reports.

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

4. What paternal quality does Freud attribute to God?
(a) The ability to provide for all of men’s needs.
(b) The ability to exceed all attempts at description.
(c) The ability to understand the needs of the sons of men.
(d) The ability to understand the needs of the sons of men.

5. What does Freud say we are typically quite sure of?
(a) The feeling of our own self.
(b) The feeling of being lost in the world.
(c) The sensation of falling out of the world into dreams.
(d) The feeling of a personal god.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feature of culture characterizes it better than any other, according to Freud?

2. What does Freud say is the most effective way to influence the body?

3. What does Freud say breaks the boundary between id and ego?

4. What does the infant fail to understand about the milk it receives from the breast?

5. What is the first purpose civilization serves, in Freud's account?

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