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

2. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.
(a) Lessons from the past.
(b) Their family.
(c) Mass emotion.
(d) The idea of love.

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

4. Lessing referenced a ten-year war of independence that took place in ___________.
(a) Mexico.
(b) Chile.
(c) Guam.
(d) Zimbabwe.

5. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?
(a) Dumb down society.
(b) Make money in the arts.
(c) Slander whoever they want.
(d) Reflect human behavior.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?

2. Lessing believed that groups act together due to ___________.

3. Lessing believes the reaction of both Christians and Leftists to opposition is a form of ___________.

4. What was Rhodesia ruled by?

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

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