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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old is the Arthasastra?
(a) 10,000 years.
(b) 2,000 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 50 years.

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

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

5. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.
(a) Folklore.
(b) Differing viewpoints.
(c) Family history.
(d) The news.

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?
(a) Austrian.
(b) American.
(c) Spanish.
(d) British.

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

14. Who was surprised by what happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?
(a) The nation.
(b) The miner's friends.
(c) The miner's boss.
(d) The miner's wife.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?

2. According to Lessing, what religion has encouraged Europeans to kill in the name of God?

3. Lessing felt that the party ruling Rhodesia was ____________.

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

5. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

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