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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 was Jean Rhys' occupation?
(a) Singer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Painter.
(d) Actor.

2. What happened to the man who named his cat "King of Kings"?
(a) He was lauded.
(b) He was mocked.
(c) He was invited to a State dinner.
(d) He was imprisoned.

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

4. What made Jean Rhys popular?
(a) A successful book.
(b) A stint in office.
(c) Charity work.
(d) A public affair.

5. During the Milgram experiment, what did most of the subjects do?
(a) Followed directions.
(b) Helped the victim.
(c) Called the police.
(d) Asked to leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. During experiments, individuals have been shown to __________.

2. During the Korean War, who confessed to crimes they did not commit?

3. What did Lessing see as a positive, in terms of brainwashing?

4. Lessing refers to examples such as the acceptance of Jean Rhys' work as what type of mentality?

5. According to Lessing, governments become dangerous without ___________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Milgram experiment?

3. What relationship does communism have with the individual?

4. What type of wars did Lessing live through?

5. What was the literary community's reaction to Lessing's pseudonym experiment?

6. Why would Margaret Thatcher use an advertising agency as a method to get elected?

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

8. Why do most people believe they are not susceptible to brainwashing?

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

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

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