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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lessing was shocked to learn that her friend, a born again Christian, rejected ______________.
(a) Creature comforts.
(b) Sobriety.
(c) Her family.
(d) Her country.

2. Lessing referred to the sciences regarding human behavior as what type of science?
(a) "Soft..
(b) "Predictable."
(c) "Solid."
(d) "Arbitrary."

3. When did the political group Lessing belonged to in Rhodesia fall apart?
(a) During the war.
(b) In the 1980's.
(c) When she betrayed it.
(d) After the war.

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

5. During the Milgram experiment, what did most of the subjects do?
(a) Asked to leave.
(b) Followed directions.
(c) Called the police.
(d) Helped the victim.

Short Answer Questions

1. What minority did Lessing believe needed to be strengthened in order to help the future?

2. What type of laws rule social groups?

3. What did onlookers believe about the opposing sides from the miner's strike?

4. Lessing believed that any sane person is susceptible to __________.

5. What happened to the man who named his cat "King of Kings"?

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