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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. What does the group mind often discourage, according to Lessing?
(a) Debate about group ideas.
(b) Making friends with others.
(c) Believing in God.
(d) Marrying members of the group.

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

3. In what country was the Gettysburg Address made?
(a) Cuba.
(b) France.
(c) England.
(d) The United States.

4. As a whole, Lessing considered writers to be ______________.
(a) A plague.
(b) An organism.
(c) A wasted profession.
(d) A bad influence.

5. What has become a natural complement to brainwashing, according to Lessing?
(a) Technology.
(b) Power.
(c) Hatred.
(d) Intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What pseudonym did Lessing write under?

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

4. What type of laws rule social groups?

5. How might it benefit a leader to be unaware if his regime is treating the people poorly?

(see the answer key)

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