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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 a half-breed.
(b) It was albino.
(c) It was expensive.
(d) It was wild.

2. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.
(a) The news.
(b) Folklore.
(c) Family history.
(d) Differing viewpoints.

3. Why did Lessing believe the bull owner had no control over his response?
(a) It was human nature.
(b) It was God's will.
(c) He drank too much.
(d) He was irresponsible.

4. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?
(a) American.
(b) Spanish.
(c) Austrian.
(d) British.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the Arthasastra about?

3. Lessing believed history was a great __________.

4. Who wrote the Arthasastra?

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

(see the answer key)

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