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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Milgram experiment, people were instructed to give other people _____________.
(a) Pink slips.
(b) A black eye.
(c) Electric shocks.
(d) A kiss.

2. What type of reviews were given to the books Lessing wrote under a pseudonym?
(a) Raving.
(b) Negative.
(c) Patronizing.
(d) No reviews.

3. What happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?
(a) He fell through a shaft.
(b) His boss killed him.
(c) His friends beat him.
(d) He was a national hero.

4. What are some of the steps in brainwashing?
(a) Repetition.
(b) All of these.
(c) The use of slogans.
(d) Tension followed by relaxation.

5. What did onlookers believe about the opposing sides from the miner's strike?
(a) Both were lying.
(b) One side was lying.
(c) The issue was great entertainment.
(d) Both were telling the truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of the farmer who owned the bull?

2. What are two entities which perpetuate brainwashing?

3. Lessing thought _____________ would be angry over her experiment with a pseudonym.

4. What was Lessing's concern regarding the application of science on human behavior?

5. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

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