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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Freedom in the Age of Reformation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was medieval man in bondage?
(a) He was not part of a group.
(b) He was not self-aware.
(c) He was still bound by primary ties.
(d) He was bound to the church.

2. Which great thinker does Fromm NOT credit in his book?
(a) Pavlov.
(b) Freud.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Marx.

3. What develops as a child grows and primary ties are cut?
(a) The desire for freedom and independence decreases.
(b) The desire for freedom and independence increases.
(c) There is no correlation.
(d) The desire for freedom and independence remains unchanged.

4. What is individuation?
(a) When an individual loses his identity to the group.
(b) The growing process of the individual.
(c) A time when an individual gives up his individuality.
(d) The process by which the group singles out an individual.

5. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?
(a) An act of anger.
(b) An act of freedom.
(c) An act of greed.
(d) An act of kindness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What cultural time period was Europe moving toward, following the Middle Ages?

2. Which of the following does Fromm NOT mention when discussing the definition of freedom?

3. What group of people fought in battles for freedom, as identified by Fromm?

4. What does Fromm identify as the main motive for human behavior?

5. What outlined most new freedoms of the Reformation?

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