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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 does Fromm say increases a child's emotional state?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Insecurity.
(c) Protection.
(d) Calm.

2. What advantage do animals have over man when entering the world?
(a) Animals are smarter.
(b) Animals are instinctual.
(c) Animals have more freedoms.
(d) Animals do not care about hierarchy.

3. What goal does Fromm identify as the "abolition of external domination"?
(a) Freedom of the individual.
(b) A harmonious society.
(c) Obedience to a leader.
(d) Freedom for the group.

4. What is often a negative result of man's freedom?
(a) Isolation.
(b) There is no negative result.
(c) Unhappiness.
(d) Greed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When are fears most likely to be flexible?

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

3. What political ideology did John Dewey discuss?

4. What does Fromm cite as an example of dynamic adaptation?

5. What time period was marked by man's darkness and scheming?

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