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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 are some of the steps in brainwashing?
(a) All of these.
(b) Repetition.
(c) The use of slogans.
(d) Tension followed by relaxation.

2. What are two entities which perpetuate brainwashing?
(a) Government and the food industry.
(b) Hollywood and religion.
(c) Advertising and government.
(d) Religion and farmers.

3. What was Margaret Thatcher's title?
(a) British Prime Minister.
(b) First Lady of Russia.
(c) President of the United States.
(d) Princess of Arabia.

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

5. After the prison experiment, what did the subjects feel?
(a) Surprise.
(b) Fear.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Disappointment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Lessing, what type of absolutes do group minds often express?

3. What type of laws rule social groups?

4. How many books did Lessing write under a pseudonym?

5. What does the group mind often discourage, according to Lessing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. During the Korean War, why were American soldiers confessing to crimes they had nothing to do with?

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

5. What was the Milgram experiment?

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

7. What types of organizations have studied or used brainwashing?

8. Why do people often conform to groups?

9. Why was Lessing opposed to mass emotion?

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

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