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

2. What changes in a child's relationship to society during the individuation process?
(a) The child becomes more included in a group.
(b) The child becomes more separated from society.
(c) Society shuns the child.
(d) There is no change in this relationship.

3. Why were individuals able to enjoy some expressive and emotional freedom during medieval times?
(a) They knew their exact place in the social order.
(b) The freedom was given to them by the church.
(c) They fought for this freedom.
(d) They did not have any freedom whastoever.

4. What weaknesses do sadists and masochists compensate for?
(a) Isolation and fear.
(b) Lack of money.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Power.

5. Which of the following does Fromm NOT mention when discussing the definition of freedom?
(a) For some, freedom is cherished.
(b) Freedom is easily attained.
(c) Freedom can be a threat.
(d) Freedom is the absence of pressure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did man NOT have to face while living in Eden?

2. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?

3. How does Fromm define selfishness?

4. According to Freud, how is man best described?

5. What tool developed out of the new capitalistic system that helped promote business?

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