Escape from Freedom Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Escape from Freedom Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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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) Nietzsche.
(b) Freud.
(c) Pavlov.
(d) Marx.

2. What political ideology did Nietzsche find nihilism intertwined with?
(a) Communism.
(b) Nazism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Democracy.

3. According to Fromm, what religious thinking helps society prepare for capitalism?
(a) Hindu.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Protestanism.
(d) Judaism.

4. How did capitalism change the role of individuals?
(a) It took away their freedoms.
(b) It turned them against making money.
(c) It gave them more freedom.
(d) It turned them into consumers.

5. What was a key factor to the changes taking place in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages?
(a) Family structure changes.
(b) Social change.
(c) Economic change.
(d) Religious change.

6. What violent acts between countries added to feelings of powerlessness and anxiety during the nineteenth century?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Unemployment.
(c) Economic downturn.
(d) War.

7. What is often a negative result of man's freedom?
(a) Unhappiness.
(b) There is no negative result.
(c) Greed.
(d) Isolation.

8. Fromm likens man's sin of eating the forbidden fruit to what act?
(a) An act of kindness.
(b) An act of greed.
(c) An act of freedom.
(d) An act of anger.

9. What is individuation?
(a) A time when an individual gives up his individuality.
(b) The process by which the group singles out an individual.
(c) When an individual loses his identity to the group.
(d) The growing process of the individual.

10. What does Fromm identify as the main motive for human behavior?
(a) Individual freedom.
(b) Self-Preservation.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Group belonging.

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

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

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

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

15. What relationship connects oneself to the world without compromising individuality?
(a) Religion and society.
(b) Work and family.
(c) Man and nature.
(d) Man and society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor became the greatest social influence during the Renaissance?

2. How did man view himself and nature during the Renaissance?

3. What forces does an individual need freedom from in order to be a free individual?

4. What is static adaptation?

5. What advantage do animals have over man when entering the world?

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