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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What characteristic identified people during the Middle Ages?
(a) People were identified by their occupations.
(b) People were identified by their birthplace.
(c) People were identified by their dress.
(d) People were not separated by anything during this time.

3. When are fears most likely to be flexible?
(a) Never.
(b) Geriatrics.
(c) Childhood.
(d) Adulthood.

4. What time period did the process of individuation reach its peak?
(a) Biblical times.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Middle Ages.
(d) The centuries between the Reformation and present day.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the Middle Ages support man's freedom?

3. Which great thinker does Fromm NOT credit in his book?

4. Which of the following did man NOT have to face while living in Eden?

5. In the description of Emily's self-discovery, what did she examine when sitting on her perch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What economic changes altered the social ideology at the end of the 16th century?

2. What was the economic system like during medieval times?

3. How did capitalism change the individual's role in society?

4. What is the significance of the department store reference that Fromm makes in the chapter, "The Two Aspects of Freedom and Modern Man"?

5. What are Freud's thoughts on man and society?

6. How did Luther's teachings support capitalism?

7. What is the difference between static and dynamic adaptation?

8. How does an individual's learning further the process of individuation and how does this affect a child's relationship with his mother?

9. How does the history of the child relates to Fromm's ideas about freedom?

10. How did the Protestant Reformation affect individual freedom?

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