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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Russia and Czechoslovakia, people confessed to ridiculous crimes during __________.
(a) The Interest Investigation.
(b) The No Trials.
(c) The Scholar Trials.
(d) The Show Trials.

2. During experiments, individuals have been shown to __________.
(a) Give into the group.
(b) Panic.
(c) Cry out for companionship.
(d) Think individually.

3. What have governments in the past done to determine if government workers were behaving well?
(a) Spied on them.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Quizzed them.
(d) Asked around.

4. How many books did Lessing write under a pseudonym?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) One.

5. Lessing believed that people are governed by ___________.
(a) Mass emotion.
(b) Power.
(c) Mass greed.
(d) Money.

6. In what countries did Lessing see bloody revolutions?
(a) The United States and Canada.
(b) Germany and Spain.
(c) Russia and China.
(d) England and France.

7. Why do most people ignore the existence of brainwashing techniques?
(a) They are irritated by the idea.
(b) It is too expensive for most people.
(c) It is too hard to learn.
(d) They do not like the idea.

8. What attitude did Lessing strive for, when it came to tragedy?
(a) Dispassion.
(b) Wild emotion.
(c) Pity.
(d) Rage.

9. What did Margaret Thatcher hire an advertising company to manage?
(a) The fashion industry.
(b) Her husband's career.
(c) Her election.
(d) The meat industry.

10. Lessing refers to examples such as the acceptance of Jean Rhys' work as what type of mentality?
(a) "Popular perception."
(b) "Conformity."
(c) "Follow-the-leader."
(d) "Rule the world."

11. Concerning conformity, Lessing believed that __________had the most influence on an individual.
(a) Parents.
(b) Political parties.
(c) Friends.
(d) The self.

12. In what country was the Gettysburg Address made?
(a) The United States.
(b) England.
(c) Cuba.
(d) France.

13. During the Milgram experiment, people were instructed to give other people _____________.
(a) Pink slips.
(b) A kiss.
(c) A black eye.
(d) Electric shocks.

14. What, according to Lessing, is the biggest problem people in democratic societies face?
(a) Conformity.
(b) Lack of food.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) Oppression.

15. According to Lessing, governments use brain washing for what purpose?
(a) To win wars.
(b) To teach.
(c) To control people.
(d) To save money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lessing see as a positive, in terms of brainwashing?

2. What surprised people who took part in the Milgram experiment?

3. What type of exposure leads the public to feel less for terrible disasters?

4. People in democratic societies believe they are __________.

5. Experiments in mental hospitals have shown sane people mistaken for _______________.

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