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

2. According to Lessing, people crave__________.
(a) Certainty.
(b) Dogma.
(c) Predictable behavior.
(d) All of these.

3. Lessing is concerned that too many people are __________ about group psychology.
(a) Doubtful.
(b) Squeamish.
(c) Lackadaisical.
(d) Excited..

4. According to Lessing, society is changing at what speed?
(a) Incredibly slow.
(b) Daily.
(c) Gradually.
(d) Quickly.

5. According to Lessing, war causes humans to ____________.
(a) Develop strong moral fiber.
(b) Revert to a brutal past.
(c) Grow as a society.
(d) Make money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did the Shah rule?

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

3. When unprompted confessions took place during the war, what did governments begin to study?

4. As a whole, Lessing considered writers to be ______________.

5. The idea of public criticism is _________, according to Lessing?

(see the answer key)

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