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

2. What made Jean Rhys popular?

3. What type of exposure leads the public to feel less for terrible disasters?

4. According to researchers, those who resist indoctrination the most are the ones very capable in what area?

5. Lessing believed that groups cause people to __________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Lessing publish books under a pseudonym?

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

3. Are all aspects of brainwashing intentional?

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

5. Why do people often conform to groups?

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

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

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

9. What type of wars did Lessing live through?

10. What relationship does communism have with the individual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Lessing, what is the role of novelists in a society?

Essay Topic 2

Lessing contended that several parts of our culture use brainwashing as a form of communication. Choose from one of the following entities and examine the influence it has or could have on society through brainwashing.

1) Advertising community.

2) Religion.

3) Government.

Essay Topic 3

The desire for war was something Lessing believed was innate in man.

1) How might different points of view influence a man's desire to fight?

2) Why did Lessing suggest that the word "blood" taps into an instinct to fight?

3) According to Lessing, what is the result of war on society?

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