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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Freud say people are hostile toward civilization?
(a) Because it is an obstacle to religion.
(b) Because it is imposed from without.
(c) Because it is antagonistic to nature.
(d) Because it makes promises it cannot fulfill.

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

3. 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 religious feelings.
(c) When man takes pleasure from mental work.
(d) When man takes pleasure from self-renunciation.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second purpose civilization serves, in Freud's account?

2. What notion is it that “draws up the programme of life’s purpose” in Freud's account?

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

4. What does Freud say is the point of order and regulation?

5. What kinds of examples does Freud offer as examples of modern progress?

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