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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. Why did society accept work from Jean Rhys that had previously been rejected?

2. Lessing felt that what type of response should be the only response to wild emotionalism?

3. What did Lessing see as a positive, in terms of brainwashing?

4. At a popular university, a researcher had the ability to control a subject by __________.

5. What did Lessing believe about those living in democratic societies?

Short Essay Questions

1. When it comes to commentators and critics, what breeds an air of familiarity with viewers?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the price an individual might pay if he resists the group mentality?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lessing was raised in Rhodesia, where a small ruling class of whites dominated the black majority. Based on Lessing's theories, create an argument as to why the whites were successful in this endeavor.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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