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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When political groups or religions have a conflict, what does Lessing believe that those involved typically stop doing?
(a) Believing gossip.
(b) Thinking.
(c) Loving their neighbor.
(d) Supporting the cause.

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

3. Lessing found the tree cutting to be symbolic of ____________.
(a) "Human evolution."
(b) "Typical behavior."
(c) "Fanatical religion."
(d) "Awful primitivism."

4. When unprompted confessions took place during the war, what did governments begin to study?
(a) Mental capacity.
(b) Brainwashing.
(c) Food quality.
(d) Leaders.

5. The tree was cut down for its association with _____________.
(a) A traitor.
(b) A foreign Colonel.
(c) Religion.
(d) A dictator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of the farmer who owned the bull?

2. Why is it important for a leader to know what those below him are doing?

3. Lessing believed history was a great __________.

4. Margaret Thatcher hoped the advertising agency would bring up what type of emotions in people?

5. Why did Lessing believe the bull owner had no control over his response?

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