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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Laboratories of Social Change.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the Milgram experiment, people were instructed to give other people _____________.
(a) A black eye.
(b) Electric shocks.
(c) A kiss.
(d) Pink slips.

2. What was Jean Rhys' occupation?
(a) Singer.
(b) Actor.
(c) Painter.
(d) Writer.

3. According to Lessing, what is a recipe for social disorder?
(a) A lack of money in society.
(b) Leaders with control issues.
(c) Individuals with big ideas.
(d) Subgroups with differing opinions.

4. According to Lessing, what type of mentality tries to prevent the individual from thinking?
(a) Mob.
(b) Political.
(c) Religious.
(d) Intellectual.

5. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?
(a) The intelligence amassed.
(b) How much it had changed.
(c) How little it had changed.
(d) The faith that has grown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the Arthasastra?

2. When political groups or religions have a conflict, what does Lessing believe that those involved typically stop doing?

3. What was the race of the boy the bull killed?

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

5. When did the political group Lessing belonged to in Rhodesia fall apart?

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