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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Freud say his friend experiences religion?
(a) As a feeling of floating.
(b) As a feeling of being swindled.
(c) As a feeling of eternity.
(d) As a feeling of being cared for.

2. Which of man’s conceptions does Freud say men embodied in gods?
(a) Cultural history.
(b) Language.
(c) Memory.
(d) Omnipotence.

3. What does Freud say is the first act of civilization?
(a) The use of language.
(b) The use of tools.
(c) The use of art.
(d) The use of prayer.

4. Who does Freud say we act like, when we substitute a wish-fulfillment for an unbearable aspect of the world?
(a) The paranoiac.
(b) The artist.
(c) The pathological liar.
(d) The schizophrenic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question does Freud say no one asks?

2. What does a person have who does not have science or art, according to the poet Freud?

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 about his friend’s religious feeling?

5. What is the totemic stage of society based on, according to Freud’s Totem and Taboo?

(see the answer key)

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