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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 name does Fromm give to the isolation that allows Fascism to grow?
(a) Fertile soil.
(b) Fertilizer.
(c) Mulch.
(d) Dirt.

2. What psychological idea is destructiveness related to?
(a) Neurosis.
(b) Psychosis.
(c) Amnesia.
(d) Sadism.

3. Why did the middle class see an increase in white-collar workers?
(a) Political reform.
(b) Increased education.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Big business expansion.

4. Who replaces the original self?
(a) The actual self.
(b) The social self.
(c) The conforming self.
(d) The pseudo self.

5. What examples does Fromm cite in the chapter "Freedom and Democracy" of how a democratic society limits individuals?
(a) Education and employment.
(b) Education and child-rearing.
(c) Laws and social norms.
(d) Employment and child-rearing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Fromm NOT mention when discussing the definition of freedom?

2. According to Freud's "psychologistic" approach to understanding human culture, what image inspired early Christianity?

3. What happens when the political restraints that an individual has come to rely on are removed?

4. What does Fromm believe to be the main driving force in history?

5. What approach to history views the economic interests as the cause of religion and political ideas?

(see the answer key)

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