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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 assumptions about man are made that lead people to fear chaos if he acts only in accordance with himself?
(a) People assume man will make the best decisions, all the time.
(b) People assume man needs more freedom.
(c) People assume man is bad and will act destructively.
(d) People assume man will follow others.

2. What develops as a child grows and primary ties are cut?
(a) The desire for freedom and independence remains unchanged.
(b) There is no correlation.
(c) The desire for freedom and independence decreases.
(d) The desire for freedom and independence increases.

3. What is "spontaneous" action?
(a) Actions that come from what a person feels and thinks.
(b) Actions that come from what others do.
(c) Actions that come from what an individual used to do.
(d) Actions that come from what others feel and think.

4. What German social class both submitted to Hitler and fully adopted his Nazi ideology?
(a) Upper, middle class.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Lower, middle class.
(d) Nobility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When he first came to power, which social class did Hitler favor?

2. Why did the Nazi regime appear to be stable?

3. What forces in a capitalistic society isolate people?

4. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?

5. Why did the second group of Germans who both supported the Nazis and adopt their ideas submit to Hitler?

(see the answer key)

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