View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author believes that when smears take place, they are generally aimed at what?

2. In "Atlas Shrugged," what is the second antagonist?

3. Who is Louis XIV's chief adviser?

4. Which president does the author compare to a French minister?

5. The author believes that the _______ of man is responsible for production and prosperity.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does taxation do to the marketplace?

2. How does Fromm characterize man's alienation?

3. What is the reason, according to the author, that capitalism is having trouble sustaining itself?

4. What do the French businessmen say is the best thing the king could do for them?

5. What are the two ways that man can comprehend the world, according to Fromm?

6. What meaning does the author give to the idea that public interest supersedes private interests and rights?

7. In the "Is Atlas Shrugging?" chapter, the author asks what question about the novel "Atlas Shrugged"?

8. What does the pope's encyclical say about work?

9. When do countries not engage in wars?

10. What brings about an intellectual movement's collapse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the author believe about businessmen and capitalism? How are businessmen central to the author's arguments about capitalism?

Essay Topic 2

Using information provided in the text, answer the following question: What is the purpose of the individual in capitalism?

Essay Topic 3

What are anti-concepts, and what role does the author feels they play in today's economic and political societies? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 511 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample