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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say civilization could not survive without?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Art.
(c) Laws.
(d) Alcohol.

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

3. How else does Freud’s friend characterize religion?
(a) A mathematical certainty.
(b) A purely personal experience.
(c) An impersonal, out-of-body experience.
(d) A transcendent, unbounded experience.

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

5. Which development does Freud say is without prototype?
(a) The ability to communicate.
(b) The development of weapons.
(c) The discovery of fire.
(d) The construction of houses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say is the relation between society and the individual’s desire for freedom?

2. What does Freud say is the first act of civilization?

3. How does Freud say we see civilization?

4. What is the first cause that increased men’s dissatisfaction with civilization?

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of civilization, in Freud's account?

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