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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Switching Off to See Dallas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lessing reference as a method groups use to encourage others not to think?
(a) Catch phrases.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Book burning.
(d) Censorship.

2. When did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?
(a) 1800s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1920s.

3. Lessing believed that a belief pattern of "you-are-damned, I-am-saved" in society is ________.
(a) All of these.
(b) Often temporary.
(c) Insane.
(d) Typical.

4. According to Lessing, people crave__________.
(a) Certainty.
(b) All of these.
(c) Predictable behavior.
(d) Dogma.

5. When did the political group Lessing belonged to in Rhodesia fall apart?
(a) When she betrayed it.
(b) During the war.
(c) After the war.
(d) In the 1980's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it important for a leader to know what those below him are doing?

2. Where did Lessing grow up?

3. The political group Lessing joined in Rhodesia held what hope for the world under their rule?

4. Lessing believed that any sane person is susceptible to __________.

5. What was once another name for Iran?

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