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

2. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?
(a) Man needs others to guide him.
(b) Man is disconnected from his fellow man.
(c) Man is disconnected from nature.
(d) Man relies on learning in order to adapt to nature.

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

4. What did the Church during the Middle Ages promise people who accepted guilt for their sins?
(a) The church did not do anything.
(b) Forgiveness and unconditional love.
(c) Disdain for sin.
(d) The church promised wealth.

5. What does Fromm say even a democratic society can pressure individuals to do?
(a) Give up their money.
(b) Submit to others.
(c) Conform.
(d) Dominate others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following did man NOT have to face while living in Eden?

2. What did Luther teach about man?

3. Whose theory about economic gains driving history have many historians misunderstood?

4. Whose work about a ten-year-old child's awareness of self does Fromm reference?

5. What political belief aligns with Fromm's definition of freedom?

(see the answer key)

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