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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through When in the Future They Look Back on Us.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Lessing grow up?
(a) Perth.
(b) Southern Rhodesia.
(c) Great Britain.
(d) Boston.

2. What position did Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. hold?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Mayor.
(c) Jurist.
(d) Maintenance worker.

3. What was remarkable about the bull this farmer owned?
(a) It was albino.
(b) It was wild.
(c) It was a half-breed.
(d) It was expensive.

4. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?
(a) Austrian.
(b) American.
(c) British.
(d) Spanish.

5. What did people think of the farmer's decision to punish the bull?
(a) It was wise.
(b) It was symbolic.
(c) It was necessary.
(d) It was foolish.

Short Answer Questions

1. During a riot in Brussels, what shocking act did humans perform on corpses?

2. Who wrote the Arthasastra?

3. What does Lessing believe old literature to be?

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

5. Lessing believed the human race to be in _________.

(see the answer key)

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