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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. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.
(a) Family history.
(b) The news.
(c) Differing viewpoints.
(d) Folklore.

2. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?
(a) Spanish.
(b) British.
(c) Austrian.
(d) American.

3. What did onlookers believe about the opposing sides from the miner's strike?
(a) The issue was great entertainment.
(b) One side was lying.
(c) Both were telling the truth.
(d) Both were lying.

4. Lessing felt that the party ruling Rhodesia was ____________.
(a) Admirable.
(b) Progressive.
(c) Oppressive.
(d) Brilliant.

5. What was the result of the miner's strike?
(a) Book burning.
(b) Positive publicity.
(c) Mine explosions.
(d) Rioting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.

2. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?

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

4. What does Lessing hope will one day change human behavior?

5. Lessing was shocked to learn that her friend, a born again Christian, rejected ______________.

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