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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What church dominated religion during the Middle Ages?

2. What forces does an individual need freedom from in order to be a free individual?

3. What does Fromm identify as the main motive for human behavior?

4. What economic related problem led to feelings of individual powerlessness?

5. Which writer summarized Fromm's thoughts on isolation and powerlessness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Lutheranism challenge the Catholic Church?

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

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

8. How do Fromm and Luther differ in the definition of selfishness?

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

10. How was fascism viewed when it first came to power?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how an individual's freedom has changed over time. Begin with Fromm's discussion of freedom during the Middle Ages and continue with the changes freedom saw during the Renaissance. Analyze the level of freedom man has during times of conformity, like during Hitler's Nazi regime, and how freedoms are restored in a democratic society.

Essay Topic 2

Compare Fromm and Freud's points of view on human development. In your essay, answer the following questions:

1). How are Freud and Fromm similar in their beliefs of human development?

2). What beliefs are different between these two thinkers?

3). Describe Fromm's analysis of other academics beliefs, including the Marxist historians and "idealists" like Weber.

Essay Topic 3

Compare Hitler's authoritarian style of leadership to that of a democratic leader like President Obama. In your response, address the following points:

1). How are these leadership styles different?

2). What would Fromm state as to the reason for these differences?

3). Are there any similarities between Hitler's leadership style and Hitler's? If so, what are those similarities and if not, why aren't there any similarities?

4). Use Fromm's thoughts on freedom and democracy as well as the psychology of Nazism to support your evidence and inferences.

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