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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. What group of people fought in battles for freedom, as identified by Fromm?
(a) The oppressed.
(b) The Middle Class.
(c) The church.
(d) The wealthy.

2. How does Fromm categorize the first group of Germans who supported the Nazis?
(a) Those who did not submit to the Nazis.
(b) Those who submitted to the Nazis but did not accept their ideas.
(c) Germans who joined the Nazis.
(d) Those who both submitted to the Nazis and adopted their ideas.

3. What political and economic beliefs does Fromm wish to reconnect man with?
(a) Marxism and a capitalistic economy.
(b) Democratic principles and a planned economy.
(c) Communism and a socialist economy.
(d) Fascism and a market driven economy.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What organizations were formed during the Renaissance to control prices?

2. What is "pseudo-thinking"?

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

4. What did the lower, middle class of Nazi Germany do for a living?

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

(see the answer key)

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