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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. How did the whites feel about the blacks in Rhodesia?
(a) Prejudiced.
(b) Benevolent.
(c) Vindictive.
(d) Protective.

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

3. What did the farmer do to punish the bull for its kill?
(a) Whipped it.
(b) Killed it.
(c) Sold it.
(d) Bred it.

4. During Lessing's time in Rhodesia, how many people were in the political party she briefly joined?
(a) 200.
(b) 300.
(c) 5.
(d) 40.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Margaret Thatcher hire an advertising company to manage?

2. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?

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

4. What was remarkable about the bull this farmer owned?

5. According to Lessing, people crave__________.

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