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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 psychological behavior was the main theme of Hitler's ideology?
(a) Fear.
(b) Submission.
(c) Empathy for others.
(d) Freedom.

2. What drives man's struggle for self-promotion?
(a) Individuality.
(b) Isolation.
(c) The lack of love for one's self.
(d) Freedom.

3. Why does man suffer from eating the forbidden fruit?
(a) He believes that what he did was wrong.
(b) He does not suffer.
(c) He feels greedy.
(d) He feels separated from nature and alone.

4. How has the role of the "boss" changed in the modern world?
(a) The boss works alongside his workers.
(b) There is no boss.
(c) The boss has a less personal role and is more anonymous.
(d) The boss is more involved.

5. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?
(a) Loss of self.
(b) Ioslation.
(c) Solidarity.
(d) Increased individual freedom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What group was responsible for improving the economic position of the worker?

3. What does Fromm say increases a child's emotional state?

4. How did Luther define selfishness?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Luther's teachings support capitalism?

6. What are Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Kafka, and Green's points of view with regards to the individual?

7. How did capitalism pave the way for greater freedom for man?

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

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

10. What are the three falsehoods about authoritarianism?

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