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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What did Lessing think about the ideals held by the political group she briefly joined?
(a) They were typical.
(b) They were brilliant.
(c) They were insane.
(d) They were well constructed.
2. Why did Lessing believe the bull owner had no control over his response?
(a) It was human nature.
(b) It was God's will.
(c) He was irresponsible.
(d) He drank too much.
3. What is the Arthasastra about?
(a) Science.
(b) Sensible governing.
(c) Taxing the poor.
(d) City planning.
4. What was the result of the miner's strike?
(a) Mine explosions.
(b) Book burning.
(c) Rioting.
(d) Positive publicity.
5. Lessing found the tree cutting to be symbolic of ____________.
(a) "Human evolution."
(b) "Fanatical religion."
(c) "Typical behavior."
(d) "Awful primitivism."
6. Lessing would like society to be ___________.
(a) Kinder.
(b) Brutal.
(c) Scientifically advanced.
(d) Wealthy.
7. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.
(a) Differing viewpoints.
(b) The news.
(c) Family history.
(d) Folklore.
8. What minority did Lessing believe needed to be strengthened in order to help the future?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Women.
(c) The individual.
(d) Hispanics.
9. Who was surprised by what happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?
(a) The miner's boss.
(b) The nation.
(c) The miner's wife.
(d) The miner's friends.
10. How did the whites feel about the blacks in Rhodesia?
(a) Benevolent.
(b) Prejudiced.
(c) Vindictive.
(d) Protective.
11. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?
(a) She was against it.
(b) None of these.
(c) She perpetuated it.
(d) She accepted it.
12. Who wrote the Arthasastra?
(a) Kautilya.
(b) The Apostle Paul.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.
13. What is the origin of the farmer who owned the bull?
(a) Australian.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) British.
14. What was Lessing's concern regarding the application of science on human behavior?
(a) The data was faked.
(b) The data was biased.
(c) It was outdated.
(d) It was not being applied.
15. Why did a member of the striking mine workers go back to work during the strike?
(a) Lack of faith in the strike leader.
(b) To defy his country.
(c) To get public attention.
(d) He agreed with the union terms.
Short Answer Questions
1. What was remarkable about the bull this farmer owned?
2. When did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?
3. What does the political Left believe in, according to Lessing?
4. Lessing referred to the sciences regarding human behavior as what type of science?
5. Growing up, Lessing was briefly a member of what party?
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