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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lessing believe the bull owner had no control over his response?
(a) It was human nature.
(b) He was irresponsible.
(c) He drank too much.
(d) It was God's will.

2. What did the farmer do to punish the bull for its kill?
(a) Killed it.
(b) Sold it.
(c) Bred it.
(d) Whipped it.

3. During Lessing's time in Rhodesia, how many people were in the political party she briefly joined?
(a) 300.
(b) 40.
(c) 200.
(d) 5.

4. Lessing mentions a tree that was cut down in what country?
(a) France.
(b) Belgium.
(c) China.
(d) Spain.

5. What does the political Left believe in, according to Lessing?
(a) Socialism.
(b) Revolution.
(c) Honesty.
(d) Charity.

6. Lessing believed that groups act together due to ___________.
(a) Pack mentality.
(b) Social pecking orders.
(c) A desire for survival.
(d) A need to connect.

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

8. Lessing believes the reaction of both Christians and Leftists to opposition is a form of ___________.
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Public relations.
(c) Lunacy.
(d) Intellectual superiority.

9. What is the Arthasastra about?
(a) Science.
(b) Taxing the poor.
(c) Sensible governing.
(d) City planning.

10. When the bull keeper was killed, who asked for compensation?
(a) No one.
(b) The farmer.
(c) The owner of the bull.
(d) The boy's parents.

11. The Arthasastra mentions that it is only ________ in a line of books.
(a) A holy respite.
(b) One of many.
(c) The most important.
(d) The most memorable.

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

13. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.
(a) Ridiculous beliefs.
(b) New leaders.
(c) Intelligent ideas.
(d) Progressive ideals.

14. Growing up, Lessing was briefly a member of what party?
(a) Vigilantes.
(b) The Tea Party.
(c) Republicans.
(d) Communism.

15. What was the race of the boy the bull killed?
(a) Black.
(b) White.
(c) Asian.
(d) Hispanic.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What position did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold?

3. How did the whites feel about the blacks in Rhodesia?

4. According to Lessing, what word gets people excited to fight?

5. During a riot in Brussels, what shocking act did humans perform on corpses?

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