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

2. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?
(a) None of these.
(b) She accepted it.
(c) She perpetuated it.
(d) She was against it.

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

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

5. Who wrote the Arthasastra?
(a) Rudyard Kipling.
(b) Kautilya.
(c) The Apostle Paul.
(d) Chaucer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?

2. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?

3. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

4. Where did Lessing grow up?

5. What idea was popular prior to Hitler and the Cold War?

(see the answer key)

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