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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. Lessing thought _____________ would be angry over her experiment with a pseudonym.
(a) Her agent.
(b) The Royal family.
(c) Her parents.
(d) The British literary community.

2. Lessing felt that good ideas __________.
(a) Last.
(b) Halt action.
(c) Run together.
(d) Fade away.

3. According to Lessing, what type of mentality tries to prevent the individual from thinking?
(a) Religious.
(b) Political.
(c) Mob.
(d) Intellectual.

4. Lessing is concerned that too many people are __________ about group psychology.
(a) Lackadaisical.
(b) Squeamish.
(c) Excited..
(d) Doubtful.

5. According to Lessing, what are power structures across the globe putting into practice?
(a) Training for the individual.
(b) Technological advancements.
(c) Group psychology.
(d) Taxation without representation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lessing see as a positive, in terms of brainwashing?

2. What do countries under totalitarian rule lack?

3. During the Korean War, who confessed to crimes they did not commit?

4. What was Rhodesia ruled by?

5. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?

(see the answer key)

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