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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the “palliative remedies” men seek out in order to assuage the difficulty of life?
(a) Meditation and mysticism.
(b) Substitutive gratifications.
(c) Intoxicating substances.
(d) Powerful diversions of interest.

2. What does a person have who does not have science or art, according to the poet Freud?
(a) Purity.
(b) Religion.
(c) Irreligion.
(d) Religiousness.

3. How does Freud characterize religion?
(a) Transcendent.
(b) Ridiculous.
(c) Infantile.
(d) Wise.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Freud say he has a hard time believing about his friend’s experience?

4. What does Freud say is the link between religion and childhood?

5. What question does Freud say no one asks?

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