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

2. According to Lessing, what word gets people excited to fight?
(a) "Hatred."
(b) "Blood."
(c) "Violence."
(d) "Justice."

3. Lessing believed history was a great __________.
(a) Confusion.
(b) Disaster.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Myth.

4. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.
(a) Intelligent ideas.
(b) Progressive ideals.
(c) New leaders.
(d) Ridiculous beliefs.

5. As a whole, Lessing considered writers to be ______________.
(a) A plague.
(b) An organism.
(c) A wasted profession.
(d) A bad influence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

3. Where did Lessing grow up?

4. Lessing would like society to be ___________.

5. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.

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