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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Mechanisms of Escape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reason does Fromm cite for the rise of authoritarian leaders like Hitler?
(a) These societies were lacking training in democracy.
(b) These leaders were too forceful and its members could not resist.
(c) These leaders were cunning and used trickery to get their way.
(d) People were seeking ways to escape from the responsibility of freedom.

2. What psychological idea is destructiveness related to?
(a) Sadism.
(b) Neurosis.
(c) Psychosis.
(d) Amnesia.

3. Which of the following is NOT a way in which a child grows during the individuation process?
(a) Physically.
(b) Individually.
(c) Mentally.
(d) Emotionally.

4. What did the social order provide individuals during the Middle Ages?
(a) Feelings of security and belonging.
(b) Money.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Freedom.

5. Why does an individual adapt to a new situation and habit?
(a) They adapt to a situation out of choice.
(b) They adapt whn an old habit is broken in favor of a new one.
(c) They adapt when a new habit cannot be formed.
(d) They adapt to a new situation out of necessity to a situation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Renaissance begin?

2. Why would Fromm view the action of man eating the forbidden fruit as a positive act?

3. What changes in a child's relationship to society during the individuation process?

4. What does Fromm call the political freedoms associated with capitalism?

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

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