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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. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?
(a) Man relies on learning in order to adapt to nature.
(b) Man needs others to guide him.
(c) Man is disconnected from his fellow man.
(d) Man is disconnected from nature.

2. According to Freud, how is man best described?
(a) Anti-social.
(b) Indecisive.
(c) Pyschotic.
(d) Impressionable.

3. Which writer recognized man's lust for power?
(a) Newton.
(b) Locke.
(c) Hobbes.
(d) Machiavelli.

4. Why does an individual adapt to a new situation and habit?
(a) They adapt whn an old habit is broken in favor of a new one.
(b) They adapt to a situation out of choice.
(c) They adapt to a new situation out of necessity to a situation.
(d) They adapt when a new habit cannot be formed.

5. Why would Fromm view the action of man eating the forbidden fruit as a positive act?
(a) Man took a risk.
(b) Man separated himself from woman.
(c) Man took a step toward becoming an individual.
(d) Man fought against nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does man suffer from eating the forbidden fruit?

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

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

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

5. In the description of Emily's self-discovery, what did she examine when sitting on her perch?

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