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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 position did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold?
(a) Jurist.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Maintenance worker.
(d) Teacher.
2. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?
(a) The intelligence amassed.
(b) How much it had changed.
(c) The faith that has grown.
(d) How little it had changed.
3. What was an unquestionable belief held by the political party Lessing joined in Rhodesia?
(a) Religion was obsolete.
(b) Blacks were superior.
(c) None of these.
(d) Communism was dead.
4. How did the whites feel about the blacks in Rhodesia?
(a) Benevolent.
(b) Vindictive.
(c) Prejudiced.
(d) Protective.
5. According to Lessing, what do Christians believe in?
(a) Hate.
(b) Redemption.
(c) Revolution.
(d) Violence.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Lessing, people crave__________.
2. When did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?
3. According to Lessing, what is a recipe for social disorder?
4. Lessing found the tree cutting to be symbolic of ____________.
5. Which sciences did Lessing feel gave the best data regarding human behavior?
Short Essay Questions
1. As Lessing looked ahead, how would people of the future feel, considering our lack of ability to change?
2. Why did Lessing feel that our ability to consider differing viewpoints might save the human race?
3. What was the purpose of cutting down a tree associated with a traitor? Why did Lessing find it ridiculous?
4. What ideas do the quotes prior to "When in the Future They Look Back on Us" demonstrate?
5. What is remarkable about the fact that the blacks were treated as second class citizens in Rhodesia?
6. How did the ruling class in Rhodesia get others to go along with their beliefs?
7. Why was Lessing discouraged by the application of behavioral data uncovered through the "soft sciences"?
8. In the anecdote about killing the bull, what did Lessing suggest that the farmer's revenge actions on the bull demonstrated?
9. Why did Lessing suggest that strengthening individuality would lead to a better world in the future?
10. In terms of collective beliefs during her life time, what idiocy struck Lessing?
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