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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 old is the Arthasastra?
(a) 2,000 years.
(b) 10,000 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 50 years.

2. What was the label put on anyone in Rhodesia who disagreed with the ruling class?
(a) All of these.
(b) Sexually depraved.
(c) Evil.
(d) Corrupt.

3. What was an unquestionable belief held by the political party Lessing joined in Rhodesia?
(a) Religion was obsolete.
(b) Communism was dead.
(c) Blacks were superior.
(d) None of these.

4. What was remarkable about the bull this farmer owned?
(a) It was a half-breed.
(b) It was expensive.
(c) It was wild.
(d) It was albino.

5. What did Lessing reference as a method groups use to encourage others not to think?
(a) Catch phrases.
(b) Book burning.
(c) Censorship.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing believe that humans know?

2. Growing up, Lessing was briefly a member of what party?

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

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

5. What was the race of the boy the bull killed?

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