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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 historian believed that religion drives the social process?
(a) Weber.
(b) Marx.
(c) Engels.
(d) Kafka.

2. What did Luther teach about man?
(a) He is moral.
(b) He is an individual.
(c) He is inherently corrupt.
(d) He is not free.

3. What is NOT a characteristic of the old, middle class that Fromm identifies?
(a) Cautiousness.
(b) Thrift.
(c) Frugality.
(d) Pride.

4. What social class found Lutheranism the most appealing?
(a) Upper Class.
(b) Royalty.
(c) Middle Class.
(d) Lower Class.

5. What do Fromm's critics fear will happen to society during the process of individuality?
(a) Communism.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Democracy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is man unable to to realize his individuality when discovering his freedom?

3. What goal does Fromm identify as the "abolition of external domination"?

4. In addition to a love for Germany, what other authoritarian characteristic did Hitler possess?

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

(see the answer key)

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