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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 example does Fromm use to point out a contradiction of freedom?
(a) Freedom of capitalism.
(b) Freedom from social order.
(c) Freedom of speech.
(d) Freedom of mobility.

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

3. Why would Fromm view the action of man eating the forbidden fruit as a positive act?
(a) Man took a risk.
(b) Man took a step toward becoming an individual.
(c) Man separated himself from woman.
(d) Man fought against nature.

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

5. In "Freedom-A Psychological Problem," how does Fromm define work?
(a) Work is whatever the individual wants it to be.
(b) Work is anything man does for himself.
(c) Work is anything man does for the group.
(d) Work is concrete and part of an economic system.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factor became the greatest social influence during the Renaissance?

2. Why does an individual adapt to a new situation and habit?

3. Who is the servant of capitalism?

4. What characteristic identified people during the Middle Ages?

5. Which of the following is NOT a way in which a child grows during the individuation process?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lutheranism challenge the Catholic Church?

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

3. How are Fromm's ideas about the individual and society different from Freud's analysis?

4. What is the significance of World War I when talking about freedom?

5. What are the three falsehoods about authoritarianism?

6. How does Fromm uses freedom of speech to explain that when a freedom is gained, it is also restricted?

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

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

9. What new social class developed during the Renaissance and how did it affect their freedom?

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

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