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

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

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

4. What new economic system grew out of the Reformation?
(a) Laissez-faire.
(b) Capitalism.
(c) Working class domination.
(d) Trade.

5. What war do many consider to be ultimate victory for freedom, according to Fromm?
(a) World War II.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) World War I.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was a key factor to the changes taking place in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages?

2. Why does an individual adapt to a new situation and habit?

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

4. Which writer recognized man's lust for power?

5. Whose work about a ten-year-old child's awareness of self does Fromm reference?

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