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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 was the “most maiming wound ever inflicted throughout the ages on the erotic life of man”?
(a) The taboo on exogamy.
(b) The taboo on bestiality.
(c) The taboo on endogamy.
(d) The taboo on incest.

2. What does Freud say is the first requirement of civilization?
(a) Community.
(b) Justice.
(c) Religion.
(d) Order.

3. What does Freud say is the best way to escape from discomfort?
(a) By escaping from the society into solitude.
(b) By fulfilling all desires.
(c) By taming nature through science.
(d) By removing all temptations.

4. When does Freud say we are most susceptible to suffering?
(a) When we make art.
(b) When we love.
(c) When we retreat.
(d) When we enjoy art.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do lovers, in Freud's account, detach themselves from the danger of encountering pain through love?

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

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

4. When does fate lose its power over men, according to Freud?

5. How does Freud ultimately characterize his friend’s religious feeling?

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