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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 relationship connects oneself to the world without compromising individuality?
(a) Man and society.
(b) Religion and society.
(c) Man and nature.
(d) Work and family.

2. What does Fromm identify as the main motive for human behavior?
(a) Self-Preservation.
(b) Group belonging.
(c) Individual freedom.
(d) Isolation.

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

4. According to Calvin, what does leading a virtuous life alleviate?
(a) Anxiety.
(b) Sin.
(c) Predestination.
(d) Fate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a consequence for man eating the forbidden fruit?

2. Which of the following does Fromm NOT mention when discussing the definition of freedom?

3. According to the Catholic Church, what corrupts man?

4. Why were individuals able to enjoy some expressive and emotional freedom during medieval times?

5. What economic related problem led to feelings of individual powerlessness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the economic changes of the Renaissance impact the social order in society?

2. How does the biblical story of man's exodus from paradise relate to Fromm's ideas about choice and freedom?

3. What are Fromm's thoughts about the battles for freedom in the chapter "Freedom-A Psychological Problem"?

4. What aspects of the medieval system benefited the individual?

5. What impact did cultural events from the Middle Ages through the modern era have on Fromm's meaning of freedom?

6. How was fascism viewed when it first came to power?

7. How does Fromm feel about man gaining freedom but losing personal security?

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. What were John Calvin's ideas about religion, and how were they similar and different to Luther's ideologies?

10. How did Lutheranism challenge the Catholic Church?

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