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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 is democratic socialism?
(a) Fascism with economic liberalism.
(b) Economic restictions with a free government.
(c) A political and economic system where the people vote for a dictator.
(d) A political and economic system with a central bureaucracy that is supported by the people.

2. When he first came to power, which social class did Hitler favor?
(a) Nobility.
(b) Upper class.
(c) Lower class.
(d) Middle class.

3. Why did the second group of Germans who both supported the Nazis and adopt their ideas submit to Hitler?
(a) They wanted to dominate others.
(b) They enjoyed fewer taxes under Nazism.
(c) They wanted to have more freedom.
(d) Nazism appealed to their desire for authoritarianism.

4. What political and economic beliefs does Fromm wish to reconnect man with?
(a) Democratic principles and a planned economy.
(b) Marxism and a capitalistic economy.
(c) Communism and a socialist economy.
(d) Fascism and a market driven economy.

5. What weaknesses do sadists and masochists compensate for?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Isolation and fear.
(c) Power.
(d) Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Fromm say even a democratic society can pressure individuals to do?

2. What did the lower, middle class of Nazi Germany do for a living?

3. What practice does Fromm cite evidence that an individual's thoughts could be suggested by someone else?

4. What name does Fromm give to the isolation that allows Fascism to grow?

5. Who wrote the book "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does the family have in developing the character structure of an individual?

2. How does social character affect different groups?

3. What role does character play in the individual and society?

4. What is automaton conformity?

5. What characteristics describe the second group of Germans who supported the Nazis?

6. How does Fromm describe masochistic people?

7. What are the consequences for the individual and society when pressure to conform exists?

8. How does a democratic society put pressure on individuals to conform?

9. What two choices does a person have when confronted by isolation and fear in achieving freedom?

10. What are the similarities and differences between sadism and destructiveness?

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