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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a way in which a child grows during the individuation process?
(a) Mentally.
(b) Individually.
(c) Physically.
(d) Emotionally.

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

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

4. Why does an individual adapt to a new situation and habit?
(a) They adapt to a situation out of choice.
(b) They adapt to a new situation out of necessity to a situation.
(c) They adapt whn an old habit is broken in favor of a new one.
(d) They adapt when a new habit cannot be formed.

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

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

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

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

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

10. What contradiction of freedom does Fromm discuss in his book?
(a) Man is more isolated but less independent.
(b) Man is equally isolated and independent.
(c) Man is more independent but also more isolated.
(d) Man has no increased isolation or independence.

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

12. What tool developed out of the new capitalistic system that helped promote business?
(a) Coupons.
(b) Sales.
(c) Advertising.
(d) Discounts.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which workers was the medieval economy based on?

3. What political ideology did John Dewey discuss?

4. What social force does man rely on from others?

5. What independent business does Fromm reference as a model for the new middle class?

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