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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lessing hope will one day change human behavior?
(a) Scientific data.
(b) Learning from our past.
(c) All of these.
(d) Awareness.

2. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?
(a) The faith that has grown.
(b) The intelligence amassed.
(c) How much it had changed.
(d) How little it had changed.

3. According to Lessing, war causes humans to ____________.
(a) Grow as a society.
(b) Develop strong moral fiber.
(c) Make money.
(d) Revert to a brutal past.

4. Who wrote the Arthasastra?
(a) Rudyard Kipling.
(b) Kautilya.
(c) The Apostle Paul.
(d) Chaucer.

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(d) Outdated.

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

7. According to Lessing, what religion has encouraged Europeans to kill in the name of God?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Muslim.
(c) Agnostics.
(d) Christianity.

8. The tree was cut down for its association with _____________.
(a) A dictator.
(b) Religion.
(c) A traitor.
(d) A foreign Colonel.

9. Lessing believed the human race to be in _________.
(a) "Purgatory."
(b) "An inspirational transformation."
(c) "A terrible mess."
(d) "An expected state."

10. What does Lessing remember about the group of people in the party she briefly joined in Rhodesia?
(a) All of these.
(b) They were well-read.
(c) They were normal.
(d) They were fun.

11. When did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?
(a) 1800s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1980s.
(d) 1920s.

12. What idea was popular prior to Hitler and the Cold War?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Communism.
(d) One world united.

13. What did onlookers believe about the opposing sides from the miner's strike?
(a) The issue was great entertainment.
(b) Both were telling the truth.
(c) Both were lying.
(d) One side was lying.

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

15. How long did the regime in Rhodesia last?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 90 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lessing think about the ideals held by the political group she briefly joined?

2. What does Lessing believe that humans know?

3. Where did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?

4. According to Lessing, what is a recipe for social disorder?

5. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.

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