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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 does Fromm believe is the greatest assertion of individuality?
(a) Fighting for oppression was easier than fighting for freedom.
(b) Fighting for freedom was not worth it.
(c) Fighting for oppression.
(d) Dying while fighting for your freedom.

2. What psychological idea is destructiveness related to?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) Neurosis.

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

4. How has the role of the "boss" changed in the modern world?
(a) The boss has a less personal role and is more anonymous.
(b) There is no boss.
(c) The boss works alongside his workers.
(d) The boss is more involved.

5. What violent acts between countries added to feelings of powerlessness and anxiety during the nineteenth century?
(a) Economic downturn.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) War.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was medieval man in bondage?

2. What does Fromm cite as an example of dynamic adaptation?

3. Which of the following is NOT a way in which a child grows during the individuation process?

4. Which of the following was NOT a restriction during the Middle Ages?

5. What political ideology is a historical example of authoritarian mechanism?

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