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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mechanisms of Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?
(a) Increased individual freedom.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Ioslation.
(d) Loss of self.

2. What word best describes the idea where man "strives for submission and domination"?
(a) Propaganda.
(b) Authoritarianism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.

3. What was a key factor to the changes taking place in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages?
(a) Economic change.
(b) Family structure changes.
(c) Religious change.
(d) Social change.

4. What political tool was used to influence an individual who was voting?
(a) Voting blocs.
(b) Campaigns.
(c) Political propaganda.
(d) Speeches.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who replaces the original self?

2. What is a mutually beneficial relationship called?

3. What independent business does Fromm reference as a model for the new middle class?

4. What is often a negative result of man's freedom?

5. What do sadists seek?

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