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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. What type of laws rule social groups?

2. What attitude did Lessing strive for, when it came to tragedy?

3. What are two entities which perpetuate brainwashing?

4. Experiments in prisons show that ordinary people _________________.

5. During the Milgram experiment, what did most of the subjects do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of ideas can be put into a subject's mind during the brainwashing process?

2. Why did Lessing believe that insane people are the only ones safe against brainwashing?

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

4. What is the value of brainwashing to a government?

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

6. Are all aspects of brainwashing intentional?

7. Why would a government or sect of any sort want to control its subjects through brainwashing?

8. When it comes to commentators and critics, what breeds an air of familiarity with viewers?

9. What relationship does communism have with the individual?

10. What type of wars did Lessing live through?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lessing contended that several parts of our culture use brainwashing as a form of communication. Choose from one of the following entities and examine the influence it has or could have on society through brainwashing.

1) Advertising community.

2) Religion.

3) Government.

Essay Topic 2

Support or refute the following statement, citing examples from the text, "The mob mentality has dominated individual thought throughout history."

Essay Topic 3

Akhnaton was an Egyptian ruler who changed the concept of Egyptian religion in spite of popular opinion.

1) What factors allowed Akhaton to be a free thinker?

2) What was the response from the masses?

3) What effect did his decision have on the future?

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