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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud say his friend experiences religion?
(a) As a feeling of being cared for.
(b) As a feeling of eternity.
(c) As a feeling of floating.
(d) As a feeling of being swindled.

2. How does Freud say we see civilization?
(a) As part of our suffering.
(b) As another nature.
(c) As our haven from suffering.
(d) As an externalization of ourselves.

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

4. Who does Freud say we act like, when we substitute a wish-fulfillment for an unbearable aspect of the world?
(a) The schizophrenic.
(b) The paranoiac.
(c) The artist.
(d) The pathological liar.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which development does Freud say is without prototype?

2. What does Freud say is the only branch of knowledge that can answer the question of the purpose of life?

3. What does Freud say is the relation between society and the individual’s desire for freedom?

4. What does a person who has science and art have, according to the poet Freud quotes?

5. What does Freud say civilization could not survive without?

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