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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mechanisms of Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which writer summarized Fromm's thoughts on isolation and powerlessness?
(a) Engels.
(b) Julian Green.
(c) Kafka.
(d) Marx.

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

3. According to Calvin, what can change a person's destiny?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Sin.

4. 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 to a situation out of choice.
(c) They adapt whn an old habit is broken in favor of a new one.
(d) They adapt when a new habit cannot be formed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a key factor to the changes taking place in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages?

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

3. What is a mutually beneficial relationship called?

4. What weaknesses do sadists and masochists compensate for?

5. What do masochists receive from their submissive acts?

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