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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What animal does Freud say man is to his fellow man?
(a) Cat.
(b) Dog.
(c) Horse.
(d) Wolf.

3. What does the infant fail to understand about the milk it receives from the breast?
(a) Whether it was a punishment or a gift.
(b) Why the mother would want to offer it to the infant
(c) Whether it comes from within or from without.
(d) Whether it is renewable or finite.

4. What else does Freud say can disturb the distinction between id and ego?
(a) Pathological processes.
(b) Transcendent experiences.
(c) Morbid processes.
(d) Drug-induced experiences.

5. Which of the following is NOT one of the “palliative remedies” men seek out in order to assuage the difficulty of life?
(a) Powerful diversions of interest.
(b) Substitutive gratifications.
(c) Meditation and mysticism.
(d) Intoxicating substances.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say is the only acceptable goal of marriage?

2. What effect do violent men have on society?

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

4. What does Freud say breaks the boundary between id and ego?

5. What does Freud say is incompatible with civilization?

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