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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The political group Lessing joined in Rhodesia held what hope for the world under their rule?
(a) All of these.
(b) No sexual prejudice.
(c) No crime.
(d) No racial prejudice.

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

3. What happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?
(a) His friends beat him.
(b) His boss killed him.
(c) He fell through a shaft.
(d) He was a national hero.

4. Lessing referred to the sciences regarding human behavior as what type of science?
(a) "Soft..
(b) "Predictable."
(c) "Solid."
(d) "Arbitrary."

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

6. What was remarkable about the bull this farmer owned?
(a) It was wild.
(b) It was expensive.
(c) It was a half-breed.
(d) It was albino.

7. Lessing referenced a ten-year war of independence that took place in ___________.
(a) Chile.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Guam.

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

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

10. Which leader of the miner's strike was referenced by Lessing?
(a) Herbert Ballino.
(b) Jessup Courtenay.
(c) Arthur Scargill.
(d) Jake Montgomery.

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

12. Lessing believed history was a great __________.
(a) Confusion.
(b) Disaster.
(c) Myth.
(d) Teacher.

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

14. What was an unquestionable belief held by the political party Lessing joined in Rhodesia?
(a) Blacks were superior.
(b) Religion was obsolete.
(c) None of these.
(d) Communism was dead.

15. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.
(a) The idea of love.
(b) Their family.
(c) Mass emotion.
(d) Lessons from the past.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lessing would like society to be ___________.

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

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

5. The tree was cut down for its association with _____________.

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