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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 Rhodesia ruled by?
(a) A black minority.
(b) A black majority.
(c) A white minority.
(d) A white majority.

2. What would Lessing like schools or governments to teach?
(a) Money management.
(b) Human behavior.
(c) Computer skills.
(d) Counting systems.

3. What position did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold?
(a) Mayor.
(b) Maintenance worker.
(c) Jurist.
(d) Teacher.

4. Lessing believed the human race to be in _________.
(a) "A terrible mess."
(b) "Purgatory."
(c) "An inspirational transformation."
(d) "An expected state."

5. According to Lessing, what religion has encouraged Europeans to kill in the name of God?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Agnostics.
(d) Muslim.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lessing was shocked to learn that her friend, a born again Christian, rejected ______________.

3. During the Milgram experiment, what did most of the subjects do?

4. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

5. What, according to Lessing, is the biggest problem people in democratic societies face?

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