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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 group was responsible for improving the economic position of the worker?

2. What outlined most new freedoms of the Reformation?

3. What cultural time period was Europe moving toward, following the Middle Ages?

4. What did Luther teach about man?

5. What psychological behavior was the main theme of Hitler's ideology?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lutheranism challenge the Catholic Church?

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

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

4. How does the biblical story of man's exodus from paradise relate to Fromm's ideas about choice and freedom?

5. What are the three falsehoods about authoritarianism?

6. How did Luther's teachings support capitalism?

7. How did the Protestant Reformation affect individual freedom?

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

9. How does an individual's learning further the process of individuation and how does this affect a child's relationship with his mother?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine Fromm's ideas on democracy as a political ideology from the last chapter of his book. In your response, address the following points:

1). What aspects of a democratic society does Fromm support?

2). What aspects of a democratic society does Fromm not support?

3). How does a democratic society both support and harm an individual's freedom?

4). How is a democratic society similar and different to an authoritarian society?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the relationship between democracy and freedom. In your response, be sure to addresses the following questions:

1). How are freedom and democracy symbiotic?

2). How are freedom and democracy at odds with each other?

3). Find an example from modern world history where a country has a democratic system of government, but does not provide individual freedom to its citizens. Explain why this is significant to Fromm's ideas about freedom and democracy.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the social, economic, and individual lessons learned from Nazism. In your response, include the following information:

1). How did Nazism affect the entire social structure of Germany?

2). Examine how Hitler used social class to spread his sadomasochistic message of dominance.

3). What economic factors affected Nazism?

4). How did the individual lose himself and his freedom when the Nazi party came to power?

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