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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 outer world.
(b) From our relations.
(c) From the body.
(d) From the spirit.

2. Which development does Freud say is without prototype?
(a) The development of weapons.
(b) The construction of houses.
(c) The discovery of fire.
(d) The ability to communicate.

3. How does Freud ultimately characterize his friend’s religious feeling?
(a) As an irrational faith.
(b) As an intellectual judgment.
(c) As a raw superstition.
(d) As a mere wish-fulfillment.

4. What supposition does Freud make about this structure’s relationship with the psyche?
(a) That a person could decide which layers of history to see.
(b) That even its present structure is already a ruins.
(c) That its whole history still exists at once.
(d) That its whole past has vanished except for the living moment.

5. What does Freud say about his friend’s religious feeling?
(a) He has seen it in others.
(b) He has known it in moments.
(c) He cannot find it in himself.
(d) He knows it from his reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical structure does Freud compare the psyche to?

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

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

4. How does Freud characterize writing?

5. Which of man’s conceptions does Freud say men embodied in gods?

(see the answer key)

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