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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which great thinker does Fromm NOT credit in his book?
(a) Freud.
(b) Nietzsche.
(c) Marx.
(d) Pavlov.
2. What violent acts between countries added to feelings of powerlessness and anxiety during the nineteenth century?
(a) War.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Economic downturn.
(d) Poverty.
3. What did the new wealthy class seek during the Renaissance?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Slaves.
(c) Fame.
(d) Control.
4. What relationship connects oneself to the world without compromising individuality?
(a) Religion and society.
(b) Man and society.
(c) Work and family.
(d) Man and nature.
5. What advantage do animals have over man when entering the world?
(a) Animals have more freedoms.
(b) Animals are smarter.
(c) Animals are instinctual.
(d) Animals do not care about hierarchy.
6. In "Freedom-A Psychological Problem," how does Fromm define work?
(a) Work is whatever the individual wants it to be.
(b) Work is anything man does for himself.
(c) Work is concrete and part of an economic system.
(d) Work is anything man does for the group.
7. What time period did the process of individuation reach its peak?
(a) Biblical times.
(b) The centuries between the Reformation and present day.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) The Renaissance.
8. What does Fromm believe is the greatest assertion of individuality?
(a) Fighting for oppression.
(b) Fighting for freedom was not worth it.
(c) Fighting for oppression was easier than fighting for freedom.
(d) Dying while fighting for your freedom.
9. What did the Church during the Middle Ages promise people who accepted guilt for their sins?
(a) Disdain for sin.
(b) Forgiveness and unconditional love.
(c) The church did not do anything.
(d) The church promised wealth.
10. Why was medieval man in bondage?
(a) He was not self-aware.
(b) He was bound to the church.
(c) He was not part of a group.
(d) He was still bound by primary ties.
11. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?
(a) An act of greed.
(b) An act of kindness.
(c) An act of anger.
(d) An act of freedom.
12. What outlined most new freedoms of the Reformation?
(a) The wealthy class.
(b) The arts.
(c) The economy.
(d) Religious doctrines.
13. What does Fromm call the political freedoms associated with capitalism?
(a) Negative freedoms.
(b) Positive freedoms.
(c) Monetary freedoms.
(d) Capitalistic freedoms.
14. What psychological approach did Fromm take with his work?
(a) Medical.
(b) Psychoanalytical.
(c) Social psychological.
(d) Physiological.
15. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?
(a) Ioslation.
(b) Increased individual freedom.
(c) Loss of self.
(d) Solidarity.
Short Answer Questions
1. What religions attracted the middle class during the Renaissance?
2. Why does man suffer from eating the forbidden fruit?
3. What drives man's struggle for self-promotion?
4. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?
5. Why is man unable to to realize his individuality when discovering his freedom?
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