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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lessing considered the time period of World War II to be ___________.

2. What country did the Shah rule?

3. Lessing refers to examples such as the acceptance of Jean Rhys' work as what type of mentality?

4. Lessing thought _____________ would be angry over her experiment with a pseudonym.

5. Experiments in prisons show that ordinary people _________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Milgram experiment?

2. Why did Lessing publish books under a pseudonym?

3. What type of wars did Lessing live through?

4. Why do most people believe they are not susceptible to brainwashing?

5. What was the literary community's reaction to Lessing's pseudonym experiment?

6. Why do people often conform to groups?

7. What is the price an individual might pay if he resists the group mentality?

8. Who is Jean Rhys? Why did all of her work become popular?

9. Why do people fall victim to "inner censorship"?

10. What types of organizations have studied or used brainwashing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Lessing, what is the role of novelists in a society?

Essay Topic 2

Brainwashing is an unpleasant idea for those who believe they are susceptible.

1) According to Lessing, who feels susceptible to brainwashing?

2) What is the process of brainwashing?

3) Who is susceptible to brainwashing?

Essay Topic 3

Lessing was raised in Rhodesia, where a small ruling class of whites dominated the black majority. Based on Lessing's theories, create an argument as to why the whites were successful in this endeavor.

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