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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 reason does Fromm cite for the rise of authoritarian leaders like Hitler?
(a) People were seeking ways to escape from the responsibility of freedom.
(b) These leaders were too forceful and its members could not resist.
(c) These leaders were cunning and used trickery to get their way.
(d) These societies were lacking training in democracy.

2. What changes in a child's relationship to society during the individuation process?
(a) The child becomes more included in a group.
(b) The child becomes more separated from society.
(c) Society shuns the child.
(d) There is no change in this relationship.

3. Who accompanied Robinson Crusoe on his adventures?
(a) No one.
(b) Wednesday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Friday.

4. Who described moral isolation in "The Inventor's Suffering"?
(a) Marx.
(b) Balzac.
(c) Fromm.
(d) Freud.

5. Why is man unable to to realize his individuality when discovering his freedom?
(a) He does not care about his individuality.
(b) He is unable to govern himself.
(c) He is unaware of the power of his actions.
(d) He feels too guilty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What advantage do animals have over man when entering the world?

4. Which great thinker does Fromm NOT credit in his book?

5. What is a consequence for man eating the forbidden fruit?

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