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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who replaces the original self?
(a) The conforming self.
(b) The social self.
(c) The pseudo self.
(d) The actual self.
2. Why did the second group of Germans who both supported the Nazis and adopt their ideas submit to Hitler?
(a) They wanted to have more freedom.
(b) Nazism appealed to their desire for authoritarianism.
(c) They enjoyed fewer taxes under Nazism.
(d) They wanted to dominate others.
3. According to Fromm, why does sadism appear natural?
(a) It emphasizes the survival of the fittest over nature and man.
(b) It emphasizes the survival of nature over man.
(c) It is how animals survive.
(d) It is not natural.
4. What does the social character influence?
(a) The economic process.
(b) The democractic system.
(c) The individual's desire for freedom.
(d) The social progress.
5. What is democratic socialism?
(a) Fascism with economic liberalism.
(b) A political and economic system with a central bureaucracy that is supported by the people.
(c) Economic restictions with a free government.
(d) A political and economic system where the people vote for a dictator.
6. What psychological idea is destructiveness related to?
(a) Neurosis.
(b) Sadism.
(c) Psychosis.
(d) Amnesia.
7. What do Fromm's critics fear will happen to society during the process of individuality?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Communism.
(c) Anarchy.
(d) Capitalism.
8. What world event left Germany in financial ruin and ultimately fostered support for Hitler among the lower, middle class Germans?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) Germany's civil war.
9. What does Fromm believe to be the main driving force in history?
(a) Economic indifference.
(b) Economic equality.
(c) Economic similarities.
(d) Economic difference.
10. In addition to a love for Germany, what other authoritarian characteristic did Hitler possess?
(a) Hatred for other groups.
(b) Belief in religious freedom.
(c) Feelings of powerlessness.
(d) Desire to submit.
11. According to Freud's "psychologistic" approach to understanding human culture, what image inspired early Christianity?
(a) Ambivalence toward society.
(b) Love for the mother.
(c) Ambivalence toward the father.
(d) Ambivalence toward the mother.
12. What political ideology is reinforced by an authoritarian character?
(a) Facism.
(b) Hinduism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.
13. What do masochistic people seek?
(a) They want to both submit and dominate.
(b) They want to submit to a stronger person.
(c) They want to dominate a weaker person.
(d) They want to dominate a stronger person.
14. What is one false theory about why the Nazis came to power?
(a) The Nazi party was the least popular.
(b) The German people wanted the Nazi party to rise to power.
(c) The Nazis came to power via a strong political figure who coerced society.
(d) The Nazi party rigged elections.
15. What examples does Fromm cite in the chapter "Freedom and Democracy" of how a democratic society limits individuals?
(a) Employment and child-rearing.
(b) Education and employment.
(c) Education and child-rearing.
(d) Laws and social norms.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Fromm categorize the second group of Germans who supported the Nazis?
2. What is the term Fromm uses to describe an individual act that does not compromise one's integrity?
3. What German class of people was most likely to submit to Nazism?
4. What practice does Fromm cite evidence that an individual's thoughts could be suggested by someone else?
5. What did Freud believe to be the driving force behind human action?
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