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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through You Are Damned, We Are Saved.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lessing, people crave__________.
(a) Dogma.
(b) Predictable behavior.
(c) Certainty.
(d) All of these.

2. In what time period did Lessing grow up?
(a) The sixties.
(b) The turn of the century.
(c) Pre World War II.
(d) Post World War II.

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

4. According to Lessing, what word gets people excited to fight?
(a) "Violence."
(b) "Justice."
(c) "Hatred."
(d) "Blood."

5. Who wrote the Arthasastra?
(a) Kautilya.
(b) The Apostle Paul.
(c) Chaucer.
(d) Rudyard Kipling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

2. What was the label put on anyone in Rhodesia who disagreed with the ruling class?

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

4. Lessing would like society to be ___________.

5. As a whole, Lessing considered writers to be ______________.

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