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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Lessing's concern regarding the application of science on human behavior?
(a) It was outdated.
(b) The data was biased.
(c) It was not being applied.
(d) The data was faked.

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(b) Outdated.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

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

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

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

7. Lessing was shocked to learn that her friend, a born again Christian, rejected ______________.
(a) Creature comforts.
(b) Her family.
(c) Her country.
(d) Sobriety.

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

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

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

11. 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) One side was lying.
(d) Both were lying.

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

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

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

15. What does Lessing believe that humans know?
(a) They will never change.
(b) Killing is wrong.
(c) The power of leadership.
(d) More than they did in the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the origin of the farmer who owned the bull?

2. Lessing believed the human race to be in _________.

3. When political groups or religions have a conflict, what does Lessing believe that those involved typically stop doing?

4. Who was surprised by what happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?

5. Lessing would like society to be ___________.

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