Escape from Freedom Test | Final Test - Easy

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Escape from Freedom Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What psychological idea is destructiveness related to?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) Neurosis.
(d) Psychosis.

2. What is the social function of education?
(a) Make children polite.
(b) Prepare the individual for the role he plays later in society.
(c) Make children understand rules.
(d) Prepare children to separate from society.

3. Whose theory about economic gains driving history have many historians misunderstood?
(a) Bancroft.
(b) Freud.
(c) Engels.
(d) Marx.

4. What political belief aligns with Fromm's definition of freedom?
(a) Monarchy.
(b) Anarchy.
(c) Communism.
(d) Democracy.

5. What is "pseudo-thinking"?
(a) Impulsive thoughts.
(b) Unconscious repitition of other's opinions as our own.
(c) Pretending to act on a thought.
(d) Pretending to think.

6. What is the original self?
(a) Self that thinks like society.
(b) Self that does not think.
(c) Self that thinks like the leader.
(d) Self that originates its own mental activities.

7. Who replaces the original self?
(a) The pseudo self.
(b) The conforming self.
(c) The social self.
(d) The actual self.

8. Why does an individual conform to society?
(a) To escape a dictator.
(b) To escape freedoms and individuality.
(c) To escape feelings of isolaton and fear.
(d) To escape feelings of conformity.

9. What German social class both submitted to Hitler and fully adopted his Nazi ideology?
(a) Nobility.
(b) Lower, middle class.
(c) Upper class.
(d) Upper, middle class.

10. What do masochists receive from their submissive acts?
(a) Pain.
(b) Power.
(c) Pleasure.
(d) Obedience.

11. Why does Fromm suggest analyzing psychological mechanisms in individuals?
(a) Fromm believes it will lead to more freedom.
(b) He uses it to draw conclusions about the group(s) one belongs to.
(c) It helps understand society.
(d) It enables man to improve himself.

12. What political and economic beliefs does Fromm wish to reconnect man with?
(a) Fascism and a market driven economy.
(b) Marxism and a capitalistic economy.
(c) Communism and a socialist economy.
(d) Democratic principles and a planned economy.

13. Why did the Nazi regime appear to be stable?
(a) The population had trouble being submissive.
(b) The citizens were in revolt.
(c) Hitler was no longer in power.
(d) The population seemed to have its needs met.

14. What are the consequences for democratic societies when conformity exists?
(a) Distrust of infomation and a willingness to believe what is told to you.
(b) Too much trust in the community and dominance over others.
(c) Too little information is shared with society.
(d) Dominance over others is encouraged and rewarded.

15. What approach to history views the economic interests as the cause of religion and political ideas?
(a) Economistic.
(b) Laissez-faire.
(c) Capitalistic.
(d) Bartering.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Fromm, why does sadism appear natural?

2. In the chapter "Freedom and Democracy," how does a person develop individuality?

3. What feelings increase when automatic behaviors, like conformity, exist?

4. What do both societies and individuals possess that make them unique?

5. What weaknesses do sadists and masochists compensate for?

(see the answer keys)

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