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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of civilization, in Freud's account?
(a) The regulation of sexual desire.
(b) The development of communications technologies.
(c) The exploitation of minerals.
(d) The regulation of rivers.

2. What does Freud say about happiness as a goal for men’s lives?
(a) It involves men in numerous contradictions.
(b) It is a fleeting experience.
(c) It can be sought in innumerable ways.
(d) It can never be satisfied.

3. What do we expect labor to be devoted to, in a civilized country, according to Freud?
(a) Space exploration.
(b) Scientific progress.
(c) Exploitation of nature.
(d) Uselessly beautiful things.

4. What does Freud say society’s principal endeavor is?
(a) To bind people in groups.
(b) To provide for protection.
(c) To control territory in common.
(d) To preserve individual freedoms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a person who has science and art have, according to the poet Freud quotes?

2. What kinds of examples does Freud offer as examples of modern progress?

3. Which of the following is NOT one of the “palliative remedies” men seek out in order to assuage the difficulty of life?

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

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

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