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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Lessing believe that humans know?
(a) They will never change.
(b) Killing is wrong.
(c) The power of leadership.
(d) More than they did in the past.

3. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.
(a) Folklore.
(b) Family history.
(c) The news.
(d) Differing viewpoints.

4. During the Korean War, who confessed to crimes they did not commit?
(a) American soldiers.
(b) American citizens.
(c) Korean citizens.
(d) Korean soldiers.

5. Lessing felt that the party ruling Rhodesia was ____________.
(a) Oppressive.
(b) Brilliant.
(c) Admirable.
(d) Progressive.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?

2. Lessing considered the time period of World War II to be ___________.

3. What does Lessing remember about the group of people in the party she briefly joined in Rhodesia?

4. According to Lessing, people crave__________.

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

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