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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Freedom in the Age of Reformation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is individuation?
(a) A time when an individual gives up his individuality.
(b) The growing process of the individual.
(c) When an individual loses his identity to the group.
(d) The process by which the group singles out an individual.

3. What psychological approach did Fromm take with his work?
(a) Psychoanalytical.
(b) Physiological.
(c) Medical.
(d) Social psychological.

4. What time period did the process of individuation reach its peak?
(a) The centuries between the Reformation and present day.
(b) The Middle Ages.
(c) Biblical times.
(d) The Renaissance.

5. What is man's "biological weakness"?
(a) Human culture.
(b) Power.
(c) Instinct.
(d) Nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Calvin, what does leading a virtuous life alleviate?

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

3. What develops as a child grows and primary ties are cut?

4. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?

5. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?

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