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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Laboratories of Social Change.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?
(a) Dumb down society.
(b) Make money in the arts.
(c) Slander whoever they want.
(d) Reflect human behavior.

2. Why did society accept work from Jean Rhys that had previously been rejected?
(a) They were paid off.
(b) To rebel.
(c) They decided she was acceptable.
(d) To create scandal.

3. Where did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?
(a) Chile.
(b) United States.
(c) Britain.
(d) Australia.

4. Why do most people ignore the existence of brainwashing techniques?
(a) They are irritated by the idea.
(b) It is too expensive for most people.
(c) They do not like the idea.
(d) It is too hard to learn.

5. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?
(a) Inspiring.
(b) Boring.
(c) Outdated.
(d) Poorly written.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Milgram experiment, people were instructed to give other people _____________.

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

3. What was the result of the miner's strike?

4. Lessing believed that a belief pattern of "you-are-damned, I-am-saved" in society is ________.

5. What idea was popular prior to Hitler and the Cold War?

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