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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 social force does man rely on from others?
(a) Protection.
(b) Civility.
(c) Love.
(d) Cooperation.

2. Where did the Renaissance begin?
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) United States.

3. What did the new wealthy class seek during the Renaissance?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Control.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Fame.

4. What is often a negative result of man's freedom?
(a) Greed.
(b) Isolation.
(c) There is no negative result.
(d) Unhappiness.

5. What outlined most new freedoms of the Reformation?
(a) The economy.
(b) The wealthy class.
(c) Religious doctrines.
(d) The arts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which workers was the medieval economy based on?

2. How did Luther define selfishness?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What are Fromm's ideas about work, the economy, and society?

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

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

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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