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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Freedom and Democracy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the Nazi regime appear to be stable?
(a) The population seemed to have its needs met.
(b) Hitler was no longer in power.
(c) The population had trouble being submissive.
(d) The citizens were in revolt.

2. Who described moral isolation in "The Inventor's Suffering"?
(a) Marx.
(b) Freud.
(c) Balzac.
(d) Fromm.

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

4. What is automaton conformity?
(a) The practice of conforming to a hero.
(b) Conforming only to one's self.
(c) The practice of ignoring society.
(d) The practice of individuals becoming like everyone else.

5. What feelings increase when automatic behaviors, like conformity, exist?
(a) Fear and isolation.
(b) Power and greed.
(c) Freedom and integrity.
(d) Love and honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is democratic socialism?

2. What is the term Fromm uses to describe an individual act that does not compromise one's integrity?

3. What does Fromm believe is the greatest assertion of individuality?

4. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?

5. What independent business does Fromm reference as a model for the new middle class?

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