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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) Scottish.
(b) British.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Australian.

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

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

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

5. What did Lessing reference as a method groups use to encourage others not to think?
(a) Book burning.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Catch phrases.
(d) Emotion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?

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

3. What was Lessing's attitude toward bigotry?

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

5. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lessing's opinion regarding war as a basis of our mentality?

2. What ideas do the quotes prior to "When in the Future They Look Back on Us" demonstrate?

3. Why did Lessing believe sub-groups with opposing positions were dangerous?

4. How did the ruling class in Rhodesia get others to go along with their beliefs?

5. Why did Lessing suggest that strengthening individuality would lead to a better world in the future?

6. What was the political climate in Lessing's country when she was growing up?

7. What did Lessing mean when she said that groups will often "vilify their opposition"?

8. Lessing believed that if humans could learn from our history, we could change our future in what respect?

9. Why does Lessing consider the age of Arthastra to be significant?

10. In terms of collective beliefs during her life time, what idiocy struck Lessing?

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