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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 is man's "biological weakness"?
(a) Instinct.
(b) Nature.
(c) Power.
(d) Human culture.

2. What tool developed out of the new capitalistic system that helped promote business?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Coupons.
(c) Sales.
(d) Discounts.

3. What goal does Fromm identify as the "abolition of external domination"?
(a) A harmonious society.
(b) Obedience to a leader.
(c) Freedom of the individual.
(d) Freedom for the group.

4. What is a mutually beneficial relationship called?
(a) Syllabus.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Symbiosis.
(d) Sympathy.

5. What is "pseudo-thinking"?
(a) Pretending to think.
(b) Unconscious repitition of other's opinions as our own.
(c) Impulsive thoughts.
(d) Pretending to act on a thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What contradiction of freedom does Fromm discuss in his book?

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

3. What organizations were formed during the Renaissance to control prices?

4. What characteristic identified people during the Middle Ages?

5. What did Luther teach about man?

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