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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a place Freud says suffering comes from?
(a) From the body.
(b) From our relations.
(c) From the spirit.
(d) From the outer world.

2. When does fate lose its power over men, according to Freud?
(a) When man takes pleasure from religious feelings.
(b) When man takes pleasure from mental work.
(c) When man takes pleasure from self-renunciation.
(d) When man takes physical pleasure from his environment.

3. Where does Freud say the religious feeling comes from?
(a) A child's need for God.
(b) A child's need for a mother.
(c) A child’s need for a father.
(d) A child's need for food.

4. When does Freud say we are most susceptible to suffering?
(a) When we enjoy art.
(b) When we make art.
(c) When we retreat.
(d) When we love.

5. What does Freud say distinguishes the internal from the external, in the infant?
(a) The infant gets to use these categories creatively.
(b) The infant see unpleasant experiences as internal.
(c) The infant sees all pleasure as coming in from the outside.
(d) The infant treats whatever is unpleasant as external.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of civilization, in Freud's account?

2. What does Freud say about the question of what meaning life has?

3. What does Freud say people undervalue?

4. How does Freud characterize religion?

5. What does Freud say about his friend’s religious feeling?

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