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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Emergence of the Individual and the Ambiguity of Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group of people fought in battles for freedom, as identified by Fromm?
(a) The church.
(b) The Middle Class.
(c) The oppressed.
(d) The wealthy.

2. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?
(a) Man relies on learning in order to adapt to nature.
(b) Man is disconnected from his fellow man.
(c) Man is disconnected from nature.
(d) Man needs others to guide him.

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

4. Which great thinker does Fromm NOT credit in his book?
(a) Marx.
(b) Freud.
(c) Pavlov.
(d) Nietzsche.

5. What is a consequence for man eating the forbidden fruit?
(a) There is discord between man and nature.
(b) Man lost freedom.
(c) Man lost his family.
(d) Man is at peace with nature.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which writer recognized man's lust for power?

3. What psychological behavior was the main theme of Hitler's ideology?

4. What relationship connects oneself to the world without compromising individuality?

5. Who accompanied Robinson Crusoe on his adventures?

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