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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Emergence of the Individual and the Ambiguity of Freedom.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What goal does Fromm identify as the "abolition of external domination"?
(a) A harmonious society.
(b) Freedom of the individual.
(c) Obedience to a leader.
(d) Freedom for the group.

2. Why is man unable to to realize his individuality when discovering his freedom?
(a) He is unaware of the power of his actions.
(b) He is unable to govern himself.
(c) He does not care about his individuality.
(d) He feels too guilty.

3. Why does man suffer from eating the forbidden fruit?
(a) He does not suffer.
(b) He believes that what he did was wrong.
(c) He feels separated from nature and alone.
(d) He feels greedy.

4. According to Freud, how is man best described?
(a) Pyschotic.
(b) Impressionable.
(c) Indecisive.
(d) Anti-social.

5. What is individuation?
(a) The growing process of the individual.
(b) A time when an individual gives up his individuality.
(c) The process by which the group singles out an individual.
(d) When an individual loses his identity to the group.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is often a negative result of man's freedom?

3. According to Fromm, what competing forces does man struggle with?

4. What is a consequence for man eating the forbidden fruit?

5. Which of the following is NOT a way in which a child grows during the individuation process?

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