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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 did Lessing believe about those living in democratic societies?
(a) They are individuals.
(b) They are not truly free.
(c) They have too much money.
(d) They are selfish.

2. At a popular university, a researcher had the ability to control a subject by __________.
(a) Limiting exercise.
(b) Brainwashing.
(c) Food rationing.
(d) Playing music.

3. What did Lessing propose that our government should do?
(a) Pay attention to technology.
(b) Secretly evaluate its workers.
(c) Aid foreign countries.
(d) Give money to the poor.

4. What did Lessing see as a positive, in terms of brainwashing?
(a) It is easy to do.
(b) It does not last forever.
(c) It is cheap.
(d) It is fun.

5. What have governments in the past done to determine if government workers were behaving well?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Asked around.
(c) Quizzed them.
(d) Spied on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do most people ignore the existence of brainwashing techniques?

2. What was once another name for Iran?

3. What did Margaret Thatcher hire an advertising company to manage?

4. When unprompted confessions took place during the war, what did governments begin to study?

5. Lessing believed that anyone studying sects was susceptible to ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What was the Milgram experiment?

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

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

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

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

8. Why was Lessing opposed to mass emotion?

9. What type of wars did Lessing live through?

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

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