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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Psychology of Nazism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Fromm, why does sadism appear natural?
(a) It is not natural.
(b) It emphasizes the survival of nature over man.
(c) It emphasizes the survival of the fittest over nature and man.
(d) It is how animals survive.

2. In what country did John Calvin's Protestant movement get started?
(a) France.
(b) Germany.
(c) Italy.
(d) Switzerland.

3. What is "Mein Kampf"?
(a) Hitler's autobiography.
(b) A book about the Holocaust.
(c) A German history book.
(d) A book about pre-Hitler Germany.

4. What did man lose as a result of his new-found freedom during the Renaissance?
(a) Loss of social class.
(b) Loss of money.
(c) Loss of security.
(d) Loss of family.

5. How did Fromm separate the two groups of German people who supported the Nazis?
(a) He based his theory on the people's reactions to the Jewish community.
(b) He based his ideas on how people viewed themselves.
(c) Fromm based his theory on the people's reactions to the Nazis.
(d) Fromm based his thoughts on how people viewed each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a consequence for man eating the forbidden fruit?

2. What practice does Fromm cite evidence that an individual's thoughts could be suggested by someone else?

3. What does Fromm say increases a child's emotional state?

4. What does Fromm cite as the psychological reason for Hitler and his followers' desire for sadomasochism?

5. What weaknesses do sadists and masochists compensate for?

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