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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 did the farmer do to punish the bull for its kill?
(a) Whipped it.
(b) Bred it.
(c) Killed it.
(d) Sold it.

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

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

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

5. What does Lessing hope will one day change human behavior?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Scientific data.
(c) All of these.
(d) Learning from our past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?

2. Lessing believed the human race to be in _________.

3. When the bull keeper was killed, who asked for compensation?

4. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?

5. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.

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