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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Group Minds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the result of the miner's strike?
(a) Positive publicity.
(b) Book burning.
(c) Mine explosions.
(d) Rioting.

2. Who turned down Lessing's first book written under a pseudonym?
(a) Lessing's agent.
(b) Lessing's publisher.
(c) None of these.
(d) Lessing's fans.

3. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?
(a) None of these.
(b) She accepted it.
(c) She perpetuated it.
(d) She was against it.

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

5. What was Jean Rhys' occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Painter.
(c) Actor.
(d) Singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lessing refers to examples such as the acceptance of Jean Rhys' work as what type of mentality?

2. What are some of the steps in brainwashing?

3. According to Lessing, what religion has encouraged Europeans to kill in the name of God?

4. Lessing referenced a ten-year war of independence that took place in ___________.

5. What is the Arthasastra about?

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