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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Regarding the actions of their underlings, Lessing believed that leaders often knew _____________.
(a) Everything.
(b) Only positive actions.
(c) Little of what is happening.
(d) Only negative actions.

2. In what countries did Lessing see bloody revolutions?
(a) Germany and Spain.
(b) England and France.
(c) The United States and Canada.
(d) Russia and China.

3. What did Lessing propose that our government should do?
(a) Secretly evaluate its workers.
(b) Aid foreign countries.
(c) Pay attention to technology.
(d) Give money to the poor.

4. Lessing believed that anyone studying sects was susceptible to ______________.
(a) Not taking the study seriously.
(b) Accusing innocent people.
(c) Going crazy.
(d) Believing their doctrine.

5. What have governments in the past done to determine if government workers were behaving well?
(a) Asked around.
(b) Quizzed them.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Spied on them.

6. Lessing thought _____________ would be angry over her experiment with a pseudonym.
(a) Her agent.
(b) The British literary community.
(c) The Royal family.
(d) Her parents.

7. During experiments, individuals have been shown to __________.
(a) Cry out for companionship.
(b) Panic.
(c) Think individually.
(d) Give into the group.

8. What type of reviews were given to the books Lessing wrote under a pseudonym?
(a) Negative.
(b) Patronizing.
(c) Raving.
(d) No reviews.

9. According to Lessing, governments use brain washing for what purpose?
(a) To teach.
(b) To control people.
(c) To save money.
(d) To win wars.

10. According to Lessing, what do humans require?
(a) Lots of money.
(b) Faith.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Free thinking.

11. Experiments in prisons show that ordinary people _________________.
(a) Try to escape.
(b) Adopt prison behaviors.
(c) Tell on the inmates.
(d) Adjust well to incarceration.

12. How might it benefit a leader to be unaware if his regime is treating the people poorly?
(a) He can rule in blissful ignorance.
(b) He can claim innocence.
(c) He is not forced to act.
(d) All of these.

13. What type of laws rule social groups?
(a) None of these.
(b) Public.
(c) Social.
(d) Government.

14. For how many years have governments and priesthoods used brainwashing techniques?
(a) Decades.
(b) Never.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) Thousands.

15. Lessing refers to examples such as the acceptance of Jean Rhys' work as what type of mentality?
(a) "Conformity."
(b) "Rule the world."
(c) "Popular perception."
(d) "Follow-the-leader."

Short Answer Questions

1. What did many of the victims do during the Milgram experiment?

2. What attitude did Lessing strive for, when it came to tragedy?

3. What would Lessing like schools or governments to teach?

4. What did Lessing believe about those living in democratic societies?

5. In Russia and Czechoslovakia, people confessed to ridiculous crimes during __________.

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