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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) These leaders were too forceful and its members could not resist.
(b) These societies were lacking training in democracy.
(c) These leaders were cunning and used trickery to get their way.
(d) People were seeking ways to escape from the responsibility of freedom.

2. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?
(a) An act of kindness.
(b) An act of anger.
(c) An act of greed.
(d) An act of freedom.

3. What new economic system grew out of the Reformation?
(a) Laissez-faire.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Working class domination.
(d) Trade.

4. What does Fromm cite as an example of dynamic adaptation?
(a) Psychosis.
(b) Neurosis.
(c) Schizophrenia.
(d) Psychopathy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is NOT mentioned as a possible consequence for dynamic adaptation?

2. What social force does man rely on from others?

3. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?

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

5. According to Freud, how is man best described?

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