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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) Work and family.
(b) Man and nature.
(c) Man and society.
(d) Religion and society.

2. What is individuation?
(a) When an individual loses his identity to the group.
(b) The growing process of the individual.
(c) A time when an individual gives up his individuality.
(d) The process by which the group singles out an individual.

3. According to Fromm, what religious thinking helps society prepare for capitalism?
(a) Hindu.
(b) Catholicism.
(c) Protestanism.
(d) Judaism.

4. What independent business does Fromm reference as a model for the new middle class?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Artisans.
(d) Gas station owners.

5. What political tool was used to influence an individual who was voting?
(a) Campaigns.
(b) Voting blocs.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Political propaganda.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to primary ties once they are cut?

2. What group of people fought in battles for freedom, as identified by Fromm?

3. Why does man suffer from eating the forbidden fruit?

4. How did capitalism change the role of individuals?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Fromm's thoughts about the choices an individual faces?

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

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

4. How did the Protestant Reformation affect individual freedom?

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

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

7. What are the differences between an individual's freedom between the medieval and modern societies?

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

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

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

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