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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 factor became the greatest social influence during the Renaissance?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Family.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Education.

2. What time period was marked by man's darkness and scheming?
(a) Industrial Revolution.
(b) The Dark Ages.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) The Renaissance.

3. How did man view himself and nature during the Renaissance?
(a) They relied on each other.
(b) They were indifferent to one another.
(c) They were separate.
(d) They were together.

4. What political ideology is a historical example of authoritarian mechanism?
(a) Anarchy.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Nazism.
(d) Communism.

5. What is static adaptation?
(a) The adoption of a new habit.
(b) When an existing structure is only partially changed.
(c) The habit is modified but not changed completely.
(d) Adaptation that requires no change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What practice does Fromm cite evidence that an individual's thoughts could be suggested by someone else?

2. What drives man's struggle for self-promotion?

3. According to the Catholic Church, what corrupts man?

4. What religions attracted the middle class during the Renaissance?

5. What political ideology did Nietzsche find nihilism intertwined with?

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