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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix: Character and the Social Process.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did man view himself and nature during the Renaissance?
(a) They were together.
(b) They were indifferent to one another.
(c) They were separate.
(d) They relied on each other.

2. What did the new wealthy class seek during the Renaissance?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Control.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Fame.

3. What religions attracted the middle class during the Renaissance?
(a) Hindu and Buddism.
(b) Lutheranism and Calvinism.
(c) Judaism and Catholicism.
(d) Catholicism and Islam.

4. What drives man's struggle for self-promotion?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Freedom.
(c) The lack of love for one's self.
(d) Isolation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What changes in a child's relationship to society during the individuation process?

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

3. What is NOT mentioned as a possible consequence for dynamic adaptation?

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

5. What is often a negative result of man's freedom?

(see the answer key)

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