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

2. What type of exposure leads the public to feel less for terrible disasters?
(a) Government.
(b) Media.
(c) Unflattering.
(d) Abrupt.

3. What have governments in the past done to determine if government workers were behaving well?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Spied on them.
(c) Quizzed them.
(d) Asked around.

4. With brainwashing techniques, soldiers can be made to feel ________ about killing.
(a) Desensitized.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Horror.
(d) Guilt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Growing up, Lessing was briefly a member of what party?

2. According to Lessing, what is a recipe for social disorder?

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

4. In what countries did Lessing see bloody revolutions?

5. Which leader of the miner's strike was referenced by Lessing?

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