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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Freud say is incompatible with civilization?
(a) Sex.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Language.
(d) Religion.

2. What does Freud say men seek in their lives?
(a) Power.
(b) Transcendence.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Grace.

3. What question does Freud say no one asks?
(a) What would happen if men could tell what the purpose of life is.
(b) Whether God's existence could be scientifically proven.
(c) What language life’s meaning would need to be expressed in.
(d) What the purpose of the lives of the animals is.

4. How does Freud characterize writing?
(a) As a record of God's thoughts.
(b) As a manifestation of the unconscious.
(c) As an externalization of the voice of the absent.
(d) As an exteriorization of the inner voice.

5. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?
(a) A taboo surrounding women, particularly during menstruation.
(b) The mother’s desire to keep her progeny close to her.
(c) An mutual non-aggression agreement between brothers.
(d) An unapproachable authority of the father.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Freud characterize the law culture has to obey through each of its members?

3. What objection does Freud raise, to this highest kind of love?

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

5. What does Freud say is the best way to escape from discomfort?

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