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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Psychology of Nazism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "Mein Kampf"?
(a) A book about pre-Hitler Germany.
(b) A book about the Holocaust.
(c) Hitler's autobiography.
(d) A German history book.

2. What contradiction of freedom does Fromm discuss in his book?
(a) Man is more isolated but less independent.
(b) Man has no increased isolation or independence.
(c) Man is more independent but also more isolated.
(d) Man is equally isolated and independent.

3. In addition to a love for Germany, what other authoritarian characteristic did Hitler possess?
(a) Belief in religious freedom.
(b) Hatred for other groups.
(c) Desire to submit.
(d) Feelings of powerlessness.

4. Why did the second group of Germans who both supported the Nazis and adopt their ideas submit to Hitler?
(a) They enjoyed fewer taxes under Nazism.
(b) They wanted to dominate others.
(c) They wanted to have more freedom.
(d) Nazism appealed to their desire for authoritarianism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of character was familiar to the lower, middle class?

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

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

4. What German social class both submitted to Hitler and fully adopted his Nazi ideology?

5. What did the lower, middle class of Nazi Germany do for a living?

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