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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 a place Freud says suffering comes from?
(a) From the spirit.
(b) From the outer world.
(c) From the body.
(d) From our relations.

2. What does Freud say is the danger of intoxication?
(a) It wastes valuable energies.
(b) It is destructive.
(c) It causes regrets in sober men.
(d) It wastes valuable energies.

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

4. What does Freud say distinguishes happiness from troubles?
(a) We are always surprised by it.
(b) We take it for granted.
(c) We view it objectively.
(d) We view it subjectively.

5. What does Freud say he has a hard time believing about his friend’s experience?
(a) That more people do not share it.
(b) That nature should provide such a direct feeling of connection.
(c) That it has not been adequately described in religious literature.
(d) That it is not the fountain and origin of all religious feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say we will never overcome?

2. When can a feeling be a source of energy, according to Freud?

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

4. What does Freud’s friend say he wishes Freud appreciated more fully?

5. What does Freud say men seek in their lives?

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