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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the origin of the farmer who owned the bull?
(a) Australian.
(b) Scottish.
(c) Spanish.
(d) British.
2. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?
(a) Dumb down society.
(b) Make money in the arts.
(c) Reflect human behavior.
(d) Slander whoever they want.
3. According to Lessing, what do Christians believe in?
(a) Revolution.
(b) Hate.
(c) Violence.
(d) Redemption.
4. Who was surprised by what happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?
(a) The miner's friends.
(b) The miner's boss.
(c) The nation.
(d) The miner's wife.
5. What idea was popular prior to Hitler and the Cold War?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Democracy.
(c) Communism.
(d) One world united.
Short Answer Questions
1. Lessing reports that both Christians and Leftists tend to do what to their opposition?
2. Lessing was shocked to learn that her friend, a born again Christian, rejected ______________.
3. What did onlookers believe about the opposing sides from the miner's strike?
4. What does Lessing remember about the group of people in the party she briefly joined in Rhodesia?
5. What did people think of the farmer's decision to punish the bull?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Lessing feel that our ability to consider differing viewpoints might save the human race?
2. What was the purpose of cutting down a tree associated with a traitor? Why did Lessing find it ridiculous?
3. Why did Lessing join a communist group in Rhodesia?
4. What did Lessing mean when she said that groups will often "vilify their opposition"?
5. What was Lessing's opinion regarding war as a basis of our mentality?
6. Lessing believed that if humans could learn from our history, we could change our future in what respect?
7. Why does Lessing consider the age of Arthastra to be significant?
8. Why was Lessing discouraged by the application of behavioral data uncovered through the "soft sciences"?
9. Why did Lessing believe sub-groups with opposing positions were dangerous?
10. In the anecdote about killing the bull, what did Lessing suggest that the farmer's revenge actions on the bull demonstrated?
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