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

2. What word does Freud use to characterize his friend’s religious feeling?
(a) Nauseating.
(b) Absurd.
(c) Oceanic.
(d) Laughable.

3. What does Freud say about his friend’s religious feeling?
(a) He has seen it in others.
(b) He has known it in moments.
(c) He knows it from his reading.
(d) He cannot find it in himself.

4. When does Freud say we are most susceptible to suffering?
(a) When we love.
(b) When we make art.
(c) When we retreat.
(d) When we enjoy art.

5. When can a feeling be a source of energy, according to Freud?
(a) When it comes from an external source.
(b) When it originates in pure intuition.
(c) When it is motivated by religious intuition.
(d) When it originates in a powerful need.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is NOT one of the “palliative remedies” men seek out in order to assuage the difficulty of life?

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

4. What paternal quality does Freud attribute to God?

5. How does Freud say the ego appears to the id?

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