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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 reason does Fromm cite for the rise of authoritarian leaders like Hitler?
(a) People were seeking ways to escape from the responsibility of freedom.
(b) These leaders were cunning and used trickery to get their way.
(c) These leaders were too forceful and its members could not resist.
(d) These societies were lacking training in democracy.

2. What social structure does Fromm suggest should be part of the psychological aspect of society?
(a) Family.
(b) Economy.
(c) Society.
(d) Education.

3. What do masochistic people seek?
(a) They want to dominate a weaker person.
(b) They want to dominate a stronger person.
(c) They want to both submit and dominate.
(d) They want to submit to a stronger person.

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

5. Who wrote the book "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"?
(a) Max Weber.
(b) Martin Luther.
(c) John Calvin.
(d) Karl Marx.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What contradiction of freedom does Fromm discuss in his book?

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

4. What political tool was used to influence an individual who was voting?

5. Why did the middle class see an increase in white-collar workers?

(see the answer key)

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