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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advantage do animals have over man when entering the world?
(a) Animals have more freedoms.
(b) Animals are instinctual.
(c) Animals do not care about hierarchy.
(d) Animals are smarter.

3. What factor became the greatest social influence during the Renaissance?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Family.
(c) Education.
(d) Wealth.

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

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

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

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

8. What develops as a child grows and primary ties are cut?
(a) The desire for freedom and independence increases.
(b) The desire for freedom and independence decreases.
(c) There is no correlation.
(d) The desire for freedom and independence remains unchanged.

9. What changes in a child's relationship to society during the individuation process?
(a) The child becomes more included in a group.
(b) The child becomes more separated from society.
(c) Society shuns the child.
(d) There is no change in this relationship.

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

11. Why would Fromm view the action of man eating the forbidden fruit as a positive act?
(a) Man fought against nature.
(b) Man separated himself from woman.
(c) Man took a risk.
(d) Man took a step toward becoming an individual.

12. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?
(a) Noah's Ark.
(b) Man's explusion from paradise.
(c) Moses receiving the Ten Commandments.
(d) Joseph and his brothers.

13. What reason does Fromm cite for the rise of authoritarian leaders like Hitler?
(a) People were seeking ways to escape from the responsibility of freedom.
(b) These societies were lacking training in democracy.
(c) These leaders were cunning and used trickery to get their way.
(d) These leaders were too forceful and its members could not resist.

14. Why was medieval man in bondage?
(a) He was bound to the church.
(b) He was not part of a group.
(c) He was still bound by primary ties.
(d) He was not self-aware.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Renaissance begin?

2. What did man lose as a result of his new-found freedom during the Renaissance?

3. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?

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

5. What is individuation?

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