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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What forces does an individual need freedom from in order to be a free individual?
(a) Freedom from authority and outside constraints.
(b) Freedom from family and friends.
(c) Freedom from thinking and self.
(d) Freedom from self and family.
2. What feeling did the inflation in 1923 Germany and the American crash in 1929 create?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Insecurity.
(c) Power.
(d) Freedom.
3. What was a key factor to the changes taking place in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages?
(a) Social change.
(b) Economic change.
(c) Family structure changes.
(d) Religious change.
4. Who described moral isolation in "The Inventor's Suffering"?
(a) Balzac.
(b) Fromm.
(c) Freud.
(d) Marx.
5. What goal does Fromm identify as the "abolition of external domination"?
(a) Freedom of the individual.
(b) Freedom for the group.
(c) A harmonious society.
(d) Obedience to a leader.
6. Which writer summarized Fromm's thoughts on isolation and powerlessness?
(a) Engels.
(b) Kafka.
(c) Julian Green.
(d) Marx.
7. What did the social order provide individuals during the Middle Ages?
(a) Money.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Feelings of security and belonging.
(d) Individuality.
8. According to Calvin, what can change a person's destiny?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Sin.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Prayer.
9. What did man lose as a result of his new-found freedom during the Renaissance?
(a) Loss of security.
(b) Loss of family.
(c) Loss of money.
(d) Loss of social class.
10. What war do many consider to be ultimate victory for freedom, according to Fromm?
(a) World War II.
(b) The American Revolution.
(c) World War I.
(d) The French Revolution.
11. What is the name of Franz Kafka's work that Fromm references in his book?
(a) Throne.
(b) The Trial.
(c) Castle.
(d) Amerika.
12. What tool developed out of the new capitalistic system that helped promote business?
(a) Sales.
(b) Discounts.
(c) Coupons.
(d) Advertising.
13. Where did the Renaissance begin?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) United States.
14. How did man view himself and nature during the Renaissance?
(a) They were indifferent to one another.
(b) They were together.
(c) They relied on each other.
(d) They were separate.
15. In the description of Emily's self-discovery, what did she examine when sitting on her perch?
(a) The clouds above her.
(b) The wind ruffling the tree branches.
(c) The skin of her hands.
(d) Her head.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why was medieval man in bondage?
2. Which of the following did man NOT have to face while living in Eden?
3. What independent business does Fromm reference as a model for the new middle class?
4. How did Luther define selfishness?
5. According to the Catholic Church, what corrupts man?
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