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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 happens to primary ties once they are cut?
(a) Primary ties cannot be cut.
(b) They become secondary ties.
(c) They can be mended if man gives up his freedom.
(d) They cannot be mended.

2. Why does an individual adapt to a new situation and habit?
(a) They adapt to a new situation out of necessity to a situation.
(b) They adapt when a new habit cannot be formed.
(c) They adapt whn an old habit is broken in favor of a new one.
(d) They adapt to a situation out of choice.

3. What is the original self?
(a) Self that does not think.
(b) Self that thinks like the leader.
(c) Self that thinks like society.
(d) Self that originates its own mental activities.

4. What factor most affected a person's change of identify during the Middle Ages?
(a) His religion.
(b) His occupation.
(c) HIs family.
(d) His individuality.

5. What is often a negative result of man's freedom?
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Greed.
(d) There is no negative result.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did man view himself and nature during the Renaissance?

2. Who described the fearful individual as tormented by self-doubt?

3. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?

4. What psychological idea is destructiveness related to?

5. When are fears most likely to be flexible?

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