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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. Which of the following is NOT a way in which a child grows during the individuation process?
(a) Emotionally.
(b) Physically.
(c) Individually.
(d) Mentally.

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

3. According to Fromm, what competing forces does man struggle with?
(a) Money and loyalty.
(b) Individuality and freedom.
(c) Fairness and greed.
(d) Ego and modesty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is static adaptation?

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

3. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?

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

5. What is individuation?

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