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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What war do many consider to be ultimate victory for freedom, according to Fromm?
(a) World War I.
(b) World War II.
(c) The French Revolution.
(d) The American Revolution.

2. What does Fromm call the political freedoms associated with capitalism?
(a) Negative freedoms.
(b) Positive freedoms.
(c) Capitalistic freedoms.
(d) Monetary freedoms.

3. Why is man unable to to realize his individuality when discovering his freedom?
(a) He feels too guilty.
(b) He is unable to govern himself.
(c) He does not care about his individuality.
(d) He is unaware of the power of his actions.

4. Which workers was the medieval economy based on?
(a) Craftsmen and merchants.
(b) Traders.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Capitalists.

5. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?
(a) Man is disconnected from nature.
(b) Man needs others to guide him.
(c) Man is disconnected from his fellow man.
(d) Man relies on learning in order to adapt to nature.

6. Which great thinker does Fromm NOT credit in his book?
(a) Nietzsche.
(b) Pavlov.
(c) Marx.
(d) Freud.

7. Which of the following does Fromm NOT mention when discussing the definition of freedom?
(a) Freedom is the absence of pressure.
(b) For some, freedom is cherished.
(c) Freedom is easily attained.
(d) Freedom can be a threat.

8. Why were individuals able to enjoy some expressive and emotional freedom during medieval times?
(a) They did not have any freedom whastoever.
(b) They knew their exact place in the social order.
(c) The freedom was given to them by the church.
(d) They fought for this freedom.

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

10. Whose work about a ten-year-old child's awareness of self does Fromm reference?
(a) Engles.
(b) Freud.
(c) R. Hughes.
(d) Marx.

11. What factor most affected a person's change of identify during the Middle Ages?
(a) His occupation.
(b) His individuality.
(c) His religion.
(d) HIs family.

12. What does Fromm say increases a child's emotional state?
(a) Calm.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Protection.
(d) Insecurity.

13. According to the Catholic Church, what corrupts man?
(a) Society.
(b) Money.
(c) Sin.
(d) Protestantism.

14. What psychological approach did Fromm take with his work?
(a) Social psychological.
(b) Physiological.
(c) Psychoanalytical.
(d) Medical.

15. Who described moral isolation in "The Inventor's Suffering"?
(a) Marx.
(b) Balzac.
(c) Freud.
(d) Fromm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to primary ties once they are cut?

2. How does Fromm define selfishness?

3. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?

4. Which writer summarized Fromm's thoughts on isolation and powerlessness?

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

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