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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What position did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold?
2. According to Lessing, what word gets people excited to fight?
3. What was Rhodesia ruled by?
4. What did Lessing think about the ideals held by the political group she briefly joined?
5. Lessing reports that both Christians and Leftists tend to do what to their opposition?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Lessing's prediction concerning what every viewpoint will become with time?
2. Why does Lessing consider the age of Arthastra to be significant?
3. Why was Lessing discouraged by the application of behavioral data uncovered through the "soft sciences"?
4. In the anecdote about killing the bull, what did Lessing suggest that the farmer's revenge actions on the bull demonstrated?
5. Why was Lessing not surprised by the story of the attack on the British miner who was beaten by his friends?
6. What is remarkable about the fact that the blacks were treated as second class citizens in Rhodesia?
7. Why did Lessing believe sub-groups with opposing positions were dangerous?
8. What was the purpose of cutting down a tree associated with a traitor? Why did Lessing find it ridiculous?
9. When onlookers recognize that others are lying, Lessing believed they refuse to protest the lies for what purpose?
10. What service did Lessing feel that novelists brought to the world?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Examine one of the following examples, supporting or refuting Lessing's belief that these groups vilified the opposition in order to uphold their cause.
1) The miner who was beaten in Britain.
2) The Christian religion.
3) The political Left.
Essay Topic 2
According to Lessing, people have a tendency to follow a leader. Examine the concept of leadership and how it is acted out in society, citing examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
According to Lessing, what is the role of novelists in a society?
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