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Multiple Choice Questions

1. What country did the Shah rule?
(a) Africa.
(b) Ghana.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Persia.

2. What was the label put on anyone in Rhodesia who disagreed with the ruling class?
(a) Evil.
(b) All of these.
(c) Sexually depraved.
(d) Corrupt.

3. What did Lessing reference as a method groups use to encourage others not to think?
(a) Censorship.
(b) Emotion.
(c) Book burning.
(d) Catch phrases.

4. Why did a member of the striking mine workers go back to work during the strike?
(a) To defy his country.
(b) He agreed with the union terms.
(c) To get public attention.
(d) Lack of faith in the strike leader.

5. Lessing reports that both Christians and Leftists tend to do what to their opposition?
(a) Sue.
(b) Respect.
(c) Compromise.
(d) Villify.

Short Answer Questions

1. When unprompted confessions took place during the war, what did governments begin to study?

2. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.

3. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

4. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?

5. What does Lessing hope will one day change human behavior?

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