View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Switching Off to See Dallas.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Lessing grow up?
(a) Southern Rhodesia.
(b) Perth.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Boston.

2. What did Margaret Thatcher hire an advertising company to manage?
(a) The meat industry.
(b) The fashion industry.
(c) Her election.
(d) Her husband's career.

3. In what time period did Lessing grow up?
(a) The turn of the century.
(b) Pre World War II.
(c) Post World War II.
(d) The sixties.

4. What was an unquestionable belief held by the political party Lessing joined in Rhodesia?
(a) Religion was obsolete.
(b) Communism was dead.
(c) None of these.
(d) Blacks were superior.

5. What was remarkable about the bull this farmer owned?
(a) It was a half-breed.
(b) It was expensive.
(c) It was wild.
(d) It was albino.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Regarding the actions of their underlings, Lessing believed that leaders often knew _____________.

4. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

5. In the United States, people confessed to ridiculous crimes during _____________.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 207 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample