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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 does every country perpetuate to some extent, according to Lessing?

2. What made Jean Rhys popular?

3. During the Milgram experiment, what did most of the subjects do?

4. What type of reviews were given to the books Lessing wrote under a pseudonym?

5. For how many years have governments and priesthoods used brainwashing techniques?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Milgram experiment?

3. Why do people often conform to groups?

4. Why would a government or sect of any sort want to control its subjects through brainwashing?

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why was Lessing opposed to mass emotion?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of democracy has been around for years. Lessing believed that, with time and the support of free thinkers, it will continue to grow and develop.

1) What is democracy and who started it?

2) What are some challenges it has faced?

3) Where does Lessing see it going in the future?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of the individual in society, citing examples from the text to support your theory.

Essay Topic 3

The mob mentality is an idea Lessing attributes to many of the shortcomings of the human race.

1) What is the mob mentality?

2) How does it work when a problem is at hand?

3) At what point does this mentality serve as a detriment to society?

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