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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?
(a) Ioslation.
(b) Loss of self.
(c) Increased individual freedom.
(d) Solidarity.

3. What feeling did the inflation in 1923 Germany and the American crash in 1929 create?
(a) Power.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Insecurity.

4. What did the new wealthy class seek during the Renaissance?
(a) Control.
(b) Fame.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Slaves.

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

6. Which of the following did man NOT have to face while living in Eden?
(a) Work.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Choice

7. What happens to primary ties once they are cut?
(a) They can be mended if man gives up his freedom.
(b) They cannot be mended.
(c) They become secondary ties.
(d) Primary ties cannot be cut.

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

9. According to Freud, how is man best described?
(a) Anti-social.
(b) Pyschotic.
(c) Impressionable.
(d) Indecisive.

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

11. What example does Fromm use to point out a contradiction of freedom?
(a) Freedom of capitalism.
(b) Freedom of mobility.
(c) Freedom from social order.
(d) Freedom of speech.

12. 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.

13. How does Fromm define selfishness?
(a) Ignoring others.
(b) Enjoying capitalism.
(c) Being aware of one's self.
(d) Acting in one's self-interest.

14. What did man lose as a result of his new-found freedom during the Renaissance?
(a) Loss of family.
(b) Loss of money.
(c) Loss of social class.
(d) Loss of security.

15. What group of people fought in battles for freedom, as identified by Fromm?
(a) The Middle Class.
(b) The oppressed.
(c) The church.
(d) The wealthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is man's "biological weakness"?

2. What violent acts between countries added to feelings of powerlessness and anxiety during the nineteenth century?

3. What time period was marked by man's darkness and scheming?

4. What new economic system grew out of the Reformation?

5. What tool developed out of the new capitalistic system that helped promote business?

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