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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through You Are Damned, We Are Saved.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lessing reference as a method groups use to encourage others not to think?
(a) Catch phrases.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Book burning.
(d) Emotion.

2. When the bull keeper was killed, who asked for compensation?
(a) No one.
(b) The boy's parents.
(c) The owner of the bull.
(d) The farmer.

3. When did the miner's strike referenced by Lessing take place?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1800s.
(d) 1980s.

4. Lessing referenced a ten-year war of independence that took place in ___________.
(a) Mexico.
(b) Guam.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Chile.

5. Growing up, Lessing was briefly a member of what party?
(a) Vigilantes.
(b) The Tea Party.
(c) Communism.
(d) Republicans.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lessing believed it common for people to embrace ________.

2. What did people think of the farmer's decision to punish the bull?

3. According to Lessing, people crave__________.

4. Who wrote the Arthasastra?

5. What happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?

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