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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 attitude did Lessing strive for, when it came to tragedy?
(a) Rage.
(b) Wild emotion.
(c) Pity.
(d) Dispassion.

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

3. In Lessing's opinion, elitism is _____________.
(a) Snobby.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Unfashionable.
(d) All of these.

4. Who turned down Lessing's first book written under a pseudonym?
(a) Lessing's fans.
(b) Lessing's publisher.
(c) None of these.
(d) Lessing's agent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What members of the public eye, according to Lessing, often repeat words and phrases to breed familiarity?

2. What have governments in the past done to determine if government workers were behaving well?

3. What did Lessing propose that our government should do?

4. What has become a natural complement to brainwashing, according to Lessing?

5. During the Milgram experiment, what did most of the subjects do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do most people not want to hear about brainwashing?

2. What is the price an individual might pay if he resists the group mentality?

3. When it comes to commentators and critics, what breeds an air of familiarity with viewers?

4. Why do people fall victim to "inner censorship"?

5. What is the value of brainwashing to a government?

6. Are all aspects of brainwashing intentional?

7. What relationship does communism have with the individual?

8. Lessing stated that people in democratic societies are often fooling themselves on their level of freedom. Why?

9. Why was Lessing opposed to mass emotion?

10. What was the Milgram experiment?

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