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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 position did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Maintenance worker.
(c) Jurist.
(d) Teacher.

2. During a riot in Brussels, what shocking act did humans perform on corpses?
(a) Urination.
(b) Grave robbing.
(c) Graffiti.
(d) Disrespect.

3. Lessing would like society to be ___________.
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Kinder.
(c) Scientifically advanced.
(d) Brutal.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was remarkable about the bull this farmer owned?

2. What was the race of the boy the bull killed?

3. According to Lessing, war causes humans to ____________.

4. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

5. Lessing found the tree cutting to be symbolic of ____________.

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