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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Freedom in the Age of Reformation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whose work about a ten-year-old child's awareness of self does Fromm reference?
(a) R. Hughes.
(b) Freud.
(c) Marx.
(d) Engles.

3. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
(c) Man's explusion from paradise.
(d) Joseph and his brothers.

4. What did the social order provide individuals during the Middle Ages?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Feelings of security and belonging.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is man's "biological weakness"?

2. What goal does Fromm identify as the "abolition of external domination"?

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

4. What did the Church during the Middle Ages promise people who accepted guilt for their sins?

5. What advantage do animals have over man when entering the world?

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