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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say he will study in order to explore the question of how men find meaning in life?
(a) Brain science.
(b) Ancient Greek texts.
(c) Pathology reports.
(d) Men’s behavior.

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

3. What does Freud say this notion is in conflict with?
(a) Organized religion.
(b) All of reality.
(c) The history of religion.
(d) Man's conscience.

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

5. What supposition does Freud make about this structure’s relationship with the psyche?
(a) That even its present structure is already a ruins.
(b) That a person could decide which layers of history to see.
(c) That its whole history still exists at once.
(d) That its whole past has vanished except for the living moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Freud ultimately characterize his friend’s religious feeling?

2. Freud says that he sent a friend a copy of his book—how does Freud’s book characterize religion?

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

4. When does Freud say we are most susceptible to suffering?

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

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