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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Freud ultimately characterize his friend’s religious feeling?
(a) As a raw superstition.
(b) As an intellectual judgment.
(c) As a mere wish-fulfillment.
(d) As an irrational faith.

3. What physical structure does Freud compare the psyche to?
(a) The Parthenon.
(b) The Egyptian pyramids.
(c) The crypts in Paris.
(d) The ancient city of Rome.

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

5. What else does Freud say can disturb the distinction between id and ego?
(a) Transcendent experiences.
(b) Morbid processes.
(c) Pathological processes.
(d) Drug-induced experiences.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Freud say we act like, when we substitute a wish-fulfillment for an unbearable aspect of the world?

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

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

4. What does Freud say is the point of order and regulation?

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

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