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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Two Aspects of Freedom for Modern Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What political ideology did Nietzsche find nihilism intertwined with?
(a) Nazism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) Capitalism.

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

5. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?
(a) Loss of self.
(b) Increased individual freedom.
(c) Ioslation.
(d) Solidarity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Fromm call the political freedoms associated with capitalism?

3. What new economic system grew out of the Reformation?

4. How has the role of the "boss" changed in the modern world?

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

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