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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 happens to primary ties once they are cut?
(a) They cannot be mended.
(b) Primary ties cannot be cut.
(c) They become secondary ties.
(d) They can be mended if man gives up his freedom.

2. In "Freedom-A Psychological Problem," how does Fromm define work?
(a) Work is concrete and part of an economic system.
(b) Work is whatever the individual wants it to be.
(c) Work is anything man does for himself.
(d) Work is anything man does for the group.

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

4. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?
(a) Joseph and his brothers.
(b) Man's explusion from paradise.
(c) Noah's Ark.
(d) Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.

5. In the description of Emily's self-discovery, what did she examine when sitting on her perch?
(a) The clouds above her.
(b) The wind ruffling the tree branches.
(c) The skin of her hands.
(d) Her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did man NOT have to face while living in Eden?

2. What outlined most new freedoms of the Reformation?

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

4. What does Fromm believe is the greatest assertion of individuality?

5. What psychological approach did Fromm take with his work?

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