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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Group Minds.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The political group Lessing joined in Rhodesia held what hope for the world under their rule?
(a) No racial prejudice.
(b) No crime.
(c) All of these.
(d) No sexual prejudice.

3. Lessing referred to the sciences regarding human behavior as what type of science?
(a) "Predictable."
(b) "Soft..
(c) "Solid."
(d) "Arbitrary."

4. According to Lessing, what type of absolutes do group minds often express?
(a) Scientific data.
(b) Sacred assumptions.
(c) Historical references.
(d) Democratic theories.

5. What does the group mind often discourage, according to Lessing?
(a) Believing in God.
(b) Debate about group ideas.
(c) Marrying members of the group.
(d) Making friends with others.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing remember about the group of people in the party she briefly joined in Rhodesia?

2. According to Lessing, what religion has encouraged Europeans to kill in the name of God?

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

4. Lessing believed that a belief pattern of "you-are-damned, I-am-saved" in society is ________.

5. In what countries did Lessing see bloody revolutions?

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