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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. According to Fromm, who must the economy be a servant to?

2. What type of character was familiar to the lower, middle class?

3. What is automaton conformity?

4. What academic, who Fromm disagrees with, also wrote about the social interpretation of the human development?

5. Why did the first group of Germans who supported Hitler submit to the power of the Nazis?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the loss of identify affect an individual's willingness to conform, and what are the consequences for it?

3. How does social character affect different groups?

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

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

6. How is an individual's character structure affected by economic and political changes?

7. What traits of an authoritarian character did Hitler possess?

8. What two false theories does Fromm discount that accounted for the rise of Nazism?

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

10. What is spontaneous action and original thought?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that compares Nazism to another authoritarian regime (Italian Fascism, North Vietnam, Chinese communism). In your essay, be sure to address the following points:

1). Similarities and differences in authoritarian leadership style.

2). Identify the political affiliations of both regimes.

3). Describe the historical events surrounding authoritarianism.

4). Explain how each regime suppresses the freedom of its citizens.

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

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?

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