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

2. What does Fromm believe is the greatest assertion of individuality?
(a) Fighting for freedom was not worth it.
(b) Dying while fighting for your freedom.
(c) Fighting for oppression.
(d) Fighting for oppression was easier than fighting for freedom.

3. What is NOT mentioned as a possible consequence for dynamic adaptation?
(a) Submission.
(b) Hostility.
(c) Anxiety.
(d) Joy.

4. Why does man suffer from eating the forbidden fruit?
(a) He does not suffer.
(b) He feels separated from nature and alone.
(c) He believes that what he did was wrong.
(d) He feels greedy.

5. What social force does man rely on from others?
(a) Civility.
(b) Cooperation.
(c) Protection.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who described moral isolation in "The Inventor's Suffering"?

2. What time period did the process of individuation reach its peak?

3. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?

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

5. In "Freedom-A Psychological Problem," how does Fromm define work?

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