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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. How long did the regime in Rhodesia last?
(a) 20 years.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 90 years.
(d) 50 years.

2. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.
(a) Progressive ideals.
(b) New leaders.
(c) Intelligent ideas.
(d) Ridiculous beliefs.

3. Why did a member of the striking mine workers go back to work during the strike?
(a) To get public attention.
(b) He agreed with the union terms.
(c) Lack of faith in the strike leader.
(d) To defy his country.

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

5. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.
(a) Their family.
(b) Lessons from the past.
(c) The idea of love.
(d) Mass emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?

2. According to Lessing, war causes humans to ____________.

3. What was an unquestionable belief held by the political party Lessing joined in Rhodesia?

4. Why did Lessing believe the bull owner had no control over his response?

5. Lessing would like society to be ___________.

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