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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kinds of examples does Freud offer as examples of modern progress?
(a) Improvements in urban infrastructure.
(b) Transportation improvements.
(c) Military improvements.
(d) Medical improvements.

3. What does Freud say is the standard for sexual life in a civilization?
(a) It must be the same for all.
(b) It must be enforced public rules in private.
(c) It must acknowledge every variety.
(d) It must police arbitrary boundaries about sexual behavior.

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

5. What does Freud say is the highest state of mind deemed capable for man?
(a) Love of a brother.
(b) Love of a spouse.
(c) Love a child.
(d) Love of humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Freud say this notion is in conflict with?

2. What does Freud say about his friend’s religious feeling?

3. What feature of culture characterizes it better than any other, according to Freud?

4. What is society based on, according to Freud?

5. What word does Freud use to characterize his friend’s religious feeling?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Freud's response to his friend's feeling?

2. What does Freud say was the consequence of man’s realization that his lot could be improved by his own labors?

3. What does Freud say is the relationship between love and aim-inhibited love?

4. What does Freud say is the typical attitude about civilization’s disadvantages?

5. What role does dirt play, in civilization, according to Freud?

6. What is Freud’s personal feeling about religion?

7. How would you describe Freud’s style of argumentation?

8. What does Freud say are the benefits and dangers of intoxication?

9. What does Freud say is the difference between creating art and enjoying art?

10. According to Freud, what is the feeling with which his friend resists his arguments about religion?

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