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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What organizations were formed during the Renaissance to control prices?
(a) Monopolies.
(b) Guilds.
(c) Unions.
(d) The church.

2. What new economic system grew out of the Reformation?
(a) Laissez-faire.
(b) Trade.
(c) Working class domination.
(d) Capitalism.

3. What psychological approach did Fromm take with his work?
(a) Psychoanalytical.
(b) Social psychological.
(c) Medical.
(d) Physiological.

4. What relationship connects oneself to the world without compromising individuality?
(a) Religion and society.
(b) Man and society.
(c) Man and nature.
(d) Work and family.

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

6. What forces does an individual need freedom from in order to be a free individual?
(a) Freedom from authority and outside constraints.
(b) Freedom from self and family.
(c) Freedom from family and friends.
(d) Freedom from thinking and self.

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

8. Which writer summarized Fromm's thoughts on isolation and powerlessness?
(a) Julian Green.
(b) Marx.
(c) Engels.
(d) Kafka.

9. Which of the following was NOT a restriction during the Middle Ages?
(a) Artisans could sell at any price.
(b) Man could change his social order.
(c) Man could move anywhere he wanted.
(d) Man could change his dress attire.

10. What example does Fromm use to point out a contradiction of freedom?
(a) Freedom from social order.
(b) Freedom of mobility.
(c) Freedom of capitalism.
(d) Freedom of speech.

11. What social class found Lutheranism the most appealing?
(a) Royalty.
(b) Upper Class.
(c) Lower Class.
(d) Middle Class.

12. Which of the following is NOT a way in which a child grows during the individuation process?
(a) Physically.
(b) Emotionally.
(c) Individually.
(d) Mentally.

13. What drives man's struggle for self-promotion?
(a) The lack of love for one's self.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Freedom.

14. How does Fromm define selfishness?
(a) Enjoying capitalism.
(b) Acting in one's self-interest.
(c) Ignoring others.
(d) Being aware of one's self.

15. How has the role of the "boss" changed in the modern world?
(a) The boss works alongside his workers.
(b) There is no boss.
(c) The boss has a less personal role and is more anonymous.
(d) The boss is more involved.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the description of Emily's self-discovery, what did she examine when sitting on her perch?

2. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?

3. What church dominated religion during the Middle Ages?

4. What factor most affected a person's change of identify during the Middle Ages?

5. What does Fromm say increases a child's emotional state?

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