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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. According to Lessing, what do Christians believe in?
(a) Violence.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Hate.
(d) Revolution.

2. Lessing believed that groups act together due to ___________.
(a) A desire for survival.
(b) Pack mentality.
(c) Social pecking orders.
(d) A need to connect.

3. The political group Lessing joined in Rhodesia held what hope for the world under their rule?
(a) No crime.
(b) No racial prejudice.
(c) All of these.
(d) No sexual prejudice.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing believe that humans know?

2. What was Rhodesia ruled by?

3. According to Lessing, war causes humans to ____________.

4. The Arthasastra mentions that it is only ________ in a line of books.

5. Lessing believed that a belief pattern of "you-are-damned, I-am-saved" in society is ________.

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