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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. Lessing believed that anyone studying sects was susceptible to ______________.
(a) Not taking the study seriously.
(b) Accusing innocent people.
(c) Going crazy.
(d) Believing their doctrine.

2. Lessing is convinced that too many people are ____________.
(a) Totally untrustworthy.
(b) Blindly loyal.
(c) Completely transparent.
(d) Somewhat Misunderstood.

3. What, according to Lessing, is the biggest problem people in democratic societies face?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Conformity.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Lack of food.

4. According to Lessing, what are power structures across the globe putting into practice?
(a) Taxation without representation.
(b) Technological advancements.
(c) Training for the individual.
(d) Group psychology.

5. For how many years have governments and priesthoods used brainwashing techniques?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) Never.
(d) Decades.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would Lessing like schools or governments to teach?

2. According to Lessing, governments use brain washing for what purpose?

3. Lessing believed that groups cause people to __________.

4. What are some of the steps in brainwashing?

5. In Russia and Czechoslovakia, people confessed to ridiculous crimes during __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of wars did Lessing live through?

2. Why did Lessing believe that insane people are the only ones safe against brainwashing?

3. Why do people often conform to groups?

4. What was the Milgram experiment?

5. What type of ideas can be put into a subject's mind during the brainwashing process?

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

7. Who is Jean Rhys? Why did all of her work become popular?

8. Are all aspects of brainwashing intentional?

9. When confronted with a group opinion, why is it often difficult to maintain an opposing, individual opinion?

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

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