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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. How did Hitler feel about Germany?
(a) He loved Germany.
(b) He felt indifferently.
(c) He disliked Germany.
(d) He did not want to see Germany succeed.

2. What political ideology is reinforced by an authoritarian character?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Facism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Communism.

3. What world event left Germany in financial ruin and ultimately fostered support for Hitler among the lower, middle class Germans?
(a) The French Revolution.
(b) Germany's civil war.
(c) World War II.
(d) World War I.

4. In the chapter "Freedom and Democracy," how does a person develop individuality?
(a) Making the self and others the center of one's world.
(b) Making the self the center of society.
(c) Making the self the center of one's world.
(d) Excluding the self from being the center of one's world.

5. What happened to Germany's economic stability following World War I?
(a) Germany's economy was weakened.
(b) Germany's economy was the strongest in its history.
(c) Germany's economy remained unchanged.
(d) Germany's economy was strengthened.

Short Answer Questions

1. When he first came to power, which social class did Hitler favor?

2. Why does an individual conform to society?

3. What is "Mein Kampf"?

4. What is the original self?

5. What did Hitler's sadistic nature lead him to desire?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is true freedom and what do Fromm's critics fear it can lead to?

2. What characteristics describe the first group of Germans who supported the Nazis?

3. How does Fromm describe masochistic people?

4. How does Fromm describe sadistic people?

5. How does social character affect different groups?

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

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

8. Why was Nazism so appealing to the lower middle class of Germans?

9. What qualities did Hitler and Nazism possess that appealed to a large population of Germans?

10. What is the social function of education?

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