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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. Lessing felt that the party ruling Rhodesia was ____________.
(a) Brilliant.
(b) Oppressive.
(c) Progressive.
(d) Admirable.
2. Growing up, Lessing was briefly a member of what party?
(a) Communism.
(b) Vigilantes.
(c) The Tea Party.
(d) Republicans.
3. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?
(a) British.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Austrian.
(d) American.
4. Lessing referred to the sciences regarding human behavior as what type of science?
(a) "Solid."
(b) "Predictable."
(c) "Soft..
(d) "Arbitrary."
5. What did the farmer do to punish the bull for its kill?
(a) Whipped it.
(b) Killed it.
(c) Bred it.
(d) Sold it.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lessing found the tree cutting to be symbolic of ____________.
2. What idea was popular prior to Hitler and the Cold War?
3. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?
4. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.
5. Lessing believes the reaction of both Christians and Leftists to opposition is a form of ___________.
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the ruling class in Rhodesia get others to go along with their beliefs?
2. What was Lessing's opinion regarding war as a basis of our mentality?
3. Why did Lessing believe sub-groups with opposing positions were dangerous?
4. Why was Lessing not surprised by the story of the attack on the British miner who was beaten by his friends?
5. In the anecdote about killing the bull, what did Lessing suggest that the farmer's revenge actions on the bull demonstrated?
6. Why did Lessing feel that our ability to consider differing viewpoints might save the human race?
7. What is Lessing's prediction concerning what every viewpoint will become with time?
8. What service did Lessing feel that novelists brought to the world?
9. Why does Lessing consider the age of Arthastra to be significant?
10. What did Lessing mean when she said that groups will often "vilify their opposition"?
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