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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What changes in a child's relationship to society during the individuation process?
(a) There is no change in this relationship.
(b) The child becomes more included in a group.
(c) Society shuns the child.
(d) The child becomes more separated from society.

3. How did man view himself and nature during the Renaissance?
(a) They were separate.
(b) They relied on each other.
(c) They were together.
(d) They were indifferent to one another.

4. What independent business does Fromm reference as a model for the new middle class?
(a) Gas station owners.
(b) Politicians.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Artisans.

5. What was a positive social aspect of the Middle Ages?
(a) Loss of self.
(b) Solidarity.
(c) Ioslation.
(d) Increased individual freedom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was a key factor to the changes taking place in Europe at the close of the Middle Ages?

3. What feeling did the inflation in 1923 Germany and the American crash in 1929 create?

4. What example does Fromm use to point out a contradiction of freedom?

5. What biblical myth does Fromm reference?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the economic changes of the Renaissance impact the social order in society?

2. What new social class developed during the Renaissance and how did it affect their freedom?

3. How does Fromm feel about man gaining freedom but losing personal security?

4. What does Fromm say about man's value is determined by the capitalistic economy?

5. What were John Calvin's ideas about religion, and how were they similar and different to Luther's ideologies?

6. How does capitalism affect an individual's freedom, and what are Fromm's criticisms of capitalism?

7. How does the biblical story of man's exodus from paradise relate to Fromm's ideas about choice and freedom?

8. How did capitalism change the individual's role in society?

9. What are the differences between an individual's freedom between the medieval and modern societies?

10. How does Fromm uses freedom of speech to explain that when a freedom is gained, it is also restricted?

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