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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What cultural time period was Europe moving toward, following the Middle Ages?
(a) The Dark Ages.
(b) The Religious Era.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Industrial Revolution.

3. What did the social order provide individuals during the Middle Ages?
(a) Feelings of security and belonging.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Money.

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

5. In what country did John Calvin's Protestant movement get started?
(a) Italy.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Switzerland.

6. What did the Church during the Middle Ages promise people who accepted guilt for their sins?
(a) The church promised wealth.
(b) Forgiveness and unconditional love.
(c) The church did not do anything.
(d) Disdain for sin.

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

8. In the description of Emily's self-discovery, what did she examine when sitting on her perch?
(a) The wind ruffling the tree branches.
(b) Her head.
(c) The clouds above her.
(d) The skin of her hands.

9. Which of the following was NOT a restriction during the Middle Ages?
(a) Artisans could sell at any price.
(b) Man could change his dress attire.
(c) Man could change his social order.
(d) Man could move anywhere he wanted.

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

11. What is the name of Franz Kafka's work that Fromm references in his book?
(a) Amerika.
(b) The Trial.
(c) Throne.
(d) Castle.

12. What psychological behavior was the main theme of Hitler's ideology?
(a) Empathy for others.
(b) Submission.
(c) Fear.
(d) Freedom.

13. Which writer recognized man's lust for power?
(a) Machiavelli.
(b) Newton.
(c) Locke.
(d) Hobbes.

14. What outlined most new freedoms of the Reformation?
(a) The wealthy class.
(b) The arts.
(c) The economy.
(d) Religious doctrines.

15. What is a consequence for man eating the forbidden fruit?
(a) Man lost freedom.
(b) There is discord between man and nature.
(c) Man lost his family.
(d) Man is at peace with nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Freedom-A Psychological Problem," how does Fromm define work?

2. According to Fromm's animal kingdom analogy, why is man so helpless at birth?

3. How did the Middle Ages support man's freedom?

4. What is static adaptation?

5. Why is man unable to to realize his individuality when discovering his freedom?

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