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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through You Are Damned, We Are Saved.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lessing think about the ideals held by the political group she briefly joined?
(a) They were brilliant.
(b) They were typical.
(c) They were insane.
(d) They were well constructed.

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

3. According to Lessing, people crave__________.
(a) All of these.
(b) Dogma.
(c) Certainty.
(d) Predictable behavior.

4. When did the political group Lessing belonged to in Rhodesia fall apart?
(a) During the war.
(b) In the 1980's.
(c) After the war.
(d) When she betrayed it.

5. Growing up, Lessing was briefly a member of what party?
(a) Communism.
(b) The Tea Party.
(c) Vigilantes.
(d) Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

2. What was Lessing's concern regarding the application of science on human behavior?

3. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

4. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?

5. According to Lessing, what word gets people excited to fight?

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