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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lessing considered the time period of World War II to be ___________.
(a) Enlightening.
(b) Delightful.
(c) Insane.
(d) Progressive.

2. Lessing believes the reaction of both Christians and Leftists to opposition is a form of ___________.
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Intellectual superiority.
(c) Public relations.
(d) Lunacy.

3. After the prison experiment, what did the subjects feel?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Forgiveness.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Fear.

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(d) Historical references.

5. For how many years have governments and priesthoods used brainwashing techniques?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Never.
(c) Decades.
(d) Thousands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does every country perpetuate to some extent, according to Lessing?

2. Margaret Thatcher hoped the advertising agency would bring up what type of emotions in people?

3. Lessing is convinced that too many people are ____________.

4. At a popular university, a researcher had the ability to control a subject by __________.

5. What happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?

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