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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Laboratories of Social Change.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lessing see as a positive, in terms of brainwashing?
(a) It is easy to do.
(b) It does not last forever.
(c) It is fun.
(d) It is cheap.

2. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?
(a) How much it had changed.
(b) How little it had changed.
(c) The intelligence amassed.
(d) The faith that has grown.

3. According to Lessing, what are power structures across the globe putting into practice?
(a) Group psychology.
(b) Training for the individual.
(c) Taxation without representation.
(d) Technological advancements.

4. Lessing is convinced that too many people are ____________.
(a) Somewhat Misunderstood.
(b) Totally untrustworthy.
(c) Completely transparent.
(d) Blindly loyal.

5. What does the political Left believe in, according to Lessing?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Charity.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Honesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. At a popular university, a researcher had the ability to control a subject by __________.

2. Lessing said that too many young people see democracy as _____________.

3. When the bull keeper was killed, who asked for compensation?

4. Lessing referenced a ten-year war of independence that took place in ___________.

5. According to Lessing, a true thinker does what with information?

(see the answer key)

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