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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. Which sciences did Lessing feel gave the best data regarding human behavior?
(a) Astronomy and physiology.
(b) Psychology and social anthropology.
(c) None of the above.
(d) Anthropology and archaeology.

2. Lessing reports that both Christians and Leftists tend to do what to their opposition?
(a) Sue.
(b) Villify.
(c) Respect.
(d) Compromise.

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

4. What was an unquestionable belief held by the political party Lessing joined in Rhodesia?
(a) Communism was dead.
(b) Religion was obsolete.
(c) Blacks were superior.
(d) None of these.

5. When did the political group Lessing belonged to in Rhodesia fall apart?
(a) When she betrayed it.
(b) During the war.
(c) After the war.
(d) In the 1980's.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lessing, what do novelists have the ability to do?

2. In what time period did Lessing grow up?

3. Lessing mentions a tree that was cut down in what country?

4. Who was surprised by what happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?

5. Which leader of the miner's strike was referenced by Lessing?

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