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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 food.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Lack of money.
(d) Oppression.

2. What are some of the steps in brainwashing?
(a) The use of slogans.
(b) Repetition.
(c) All of these.
(d) Tension followed by relaxation.

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(b) Historical references.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

4. What minority did Lessing believe needed to be strengthened in order to help the future?
(a) Blacks.
(b) The individual.
(c) Women.
(d) Hispanics.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the whites feel about the blacks in Rhodesia?

2. Lessing believed that people are governed by ___________.

3. Experiments in mental hospitals have shown sane people mistaken for _______________.

4. The political group Lessing joined in Rhodesia held what hope for the world under their rule?

5. In what countries did Lessing see bloody revolutions?

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