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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With brainwashing techniques, soldiers can be made to feel ________ about killing.
(a) Desensitized.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Horror.
(d) Guilt.

2. What does every country perpetuate to some extent, according to Lessing?
(a) False modesty.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Celebration.
(d) Brainwashing.

3. According to Lessing, what is a recipe for social disorder?
(a) Individuals with big ideas.
(b) Subgroups with differing opinions.
(c) A lack of money in society.
(d) Leaders with control issues.

4. Where did Lessing grow up?
(a) Perth.
(b) Great Britain.
(c) Southern Rhodesia.
(d) Boston.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The political group Lessing joined in Rhodesia held what hope for the world under their rule?

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

3. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?

4. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.

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

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