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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 referred to the sciences regarding human behavior as what type of science?
(a) "Soft..
(b) "Predictable."
(c) "Arbitrary."
(d) "Solid."

2. Which sciences did Lessing feel gave the best data regarding human behavior?
(a) None of the above.
(b) Psychology and social anthropology.
(c) Anthropology and archaeology.
(d) Astronomy and physiology.

3. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?
(a) Outdated.
(b) Inspiring.
(c) Poorly written.
(d) Boring.

4. What idea was popular prior to Hitler and the Cold War?
(a) Communism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) One world united.

5. Lessing found the tree cutting to be symbolic of ____________.
(a) "Human evolution."
(b) "Fanatical religion."
(c) "Awful primitivism."
(d) "Typical behavior."

Short Answer Questions

1. During Lessing's time in Rhodesia, how many people were in the political party she briefly joined?

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

3. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

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

5. What position did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold?

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