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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 is the Arthasastra about?
(a) Sensible governing.
(b) Science.
(c) City planning.
(d) Taxing the poor.

2. What did people think of the farmer's decision to punish the bull?
(a) It was foolish.
(b) It was wise.
(c) It was necessary.
(d) It was symbolic.

3. The Arthasastra mentions that it is only ________ in a line of books.
(a) A holy respite.
(b) One of many.
(c) The most memorable.
(d) The most important.

4. When the bull keeper was killed, who asked for compensation?
(a) The boy's parents.
(b) No one.
(c) The farmer.
(d) The owner of the bull.

5. What does Lessing believe that humans know?
(a) The power of leadership.
(b) Killing is wrong.
(c) More than they did in the past.
(d) They will never change.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lessing mentions a tree that was cut down in what country?

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

3. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

4. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

5. In what time period did Lessing grow up?

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