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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Freedom and Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does man suffer from eating the forbidden fruit?
(a) He believes that what he did was wrong.
(b) He does not suffer.
(c) He feels greedy.
(d) He feels separated from nature and alone.

2. What is the name of Franz Kafka's work that Fromm references in his book?
(a) The Trial.
(b) Amerika.
(c) Throne.
(d) Castle.

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

4. What type of character was familiar to the lower, middle class?
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Capitalistic.
(d) Liberal.

5. What tool developed out of the new capitalistic system that helped promote business?
(a) Advertising.
(b) Coupons.
(c) Discounts.
(d) Sales.

Short Answer Questions

1. What outlined most new freedoms of the Reformation?

2. What political ideology is a historical example of authoritarian mechanism?

3. What assumptions about man are made that lead people to fear chaos if he acts only in accordance with himself?

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

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

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