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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When in the Future They Look Back on Us.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the race of the boy the bull killed?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Asian.
(d) Hispanic.

3. The tree was cut down for its association with _____________.
(a) Religion.
(b) A dictator.
(c) A foreign Colonel.
(d) A traitor.

4. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?
(a) Make money in the arts.
(b) Slander whoever they want.
(c) Reflect human behavior.
(d) Dumb down society.

5. Lessing mentions a tree that was cut down in what country?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) Spain.
(d) China.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?

2. Why did Lessing believe the bull owner had no control over his response?

3. In what time period did Lessing grow up?

4. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

5. Who wrote the Arthasastra?

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