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

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

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

4. Freud says that he sent a friend a copy of his book—how does Freud’s book characterize religion?
(a) As an opiate.
(b) As a scam.
(c) As an ilusion.
(d) As a source of life.

5. What does Freud say is the only branch of knowledge that can answer the question of the purpose of life?
(a) Physiology.
(b) Religion.
(c) Mathematics.
(d) Psychology.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say men seek in their lives?

2. What supposition does Freud make about this structure’s relationship with the psyche?

3. When does fate lose its power over men, according to Freud?

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

5. How does Freud characterize religion?

(see the answer key)

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