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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. What was Lessing's concern regarding the application of science on human behavior?
(a) It was outdated.
(b) It was not being applied.
(c) The data was faked.
(d) The data was biased.

2. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.
(a) The idea of love.
(b) Lessons from the past.
(c) Mass emotion.
(d) Their family.

3. Lessing was shocked to learn that her friend, a born again Christian, rejected ______________.
(a) Creature comforts.
(b) Her country.
(c) Sobriety.
(d) Her family.

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

5. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.
(a) Progressive ideals.
(b) Ridiculous beliefs.
(c) New leaders.
(d) Intelligent ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the label put on anyone in Rhodesia who disagreed with the ruling class?

2. During Lessing's time in Rhodesia, how many people were in the political party she briefly joined?

3. The tree was cut down for its association with _____________.

4. What did Lessing think about the ideals held by the political group she briefly joined?

5. What does the political Left believe in, according to Lessing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the ruling class in Rhodesia get others to go along with their beliefs?

2. According to Lessing, how is the group mentality different from individual mentality?

3. What was the purpose of cutting down a tree associated with a traitor? Why did Lessing find it ridiculous?

4. What service did Lessing feel that novelists brought to the world?

5. When onlookers recognize that others are lying, Lessing believed they refuse to protest the lies for what purpose?

6. Why was Lessing not surprised by the story of the attack on the British miner who was beaten by his friends?

7. Lessing believed that if humans could learn from our history, we could change our future in what respect?

8. In terms of collective beliefs during her life time, what idiocy struck Lessing?

9. What is remarkable about the fact that the blacks were treated as second class citizens in Rhodesia?

10. Why did Lessing join a communist group in Rhodesia?

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