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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 the following is NOT one of the advantages of civilization, in Freud's account?
(a) The regulation of rivers.
(b) The regulation of sexual desire.
(c) The exploitation of minerals.
(d) The development of communications technologies.

2. What does Freud say breaks the boundary between id and ego?
(a) Being sick.
(b) Being in love.
(c) Religious experiences.
(d) Dreaming.

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

4. What is the second purpose civilization serves, in Freud's account?
(a) Making it possible to improve medical science.
(b) Regulating relations between men.
(c) Liberating man from the shackles of nature.
(d) Reducing ignorance and prejudice.

5. What does Freud say people wrongly think they want?
(a) Healthy adjustment to their environment.
(b) Control over the people around them.
(c) Power and success.
(d) Inner peace and spiritual development.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say we will never overcome?

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

3. What paternal quality does Freud attribute to God?

4. What does Freud say distinguishes happiness from troubles?

5. What does Freud say is the danger of intoxication?

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