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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Group Minds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When unprompted confessions took place during the war, what did governments begin to study?
(a) Brainwashing.
(b) Mental capacity.
(c) Food quality.
(d) Leaders.

2. What advertising firm did Margaret Thatcher hire, prior to taking a public position?
(a) Goldberg and Lessing.
(b) Greentree.
(c) Saatchi & Saatchi.
(d) Shafer, Wilson and Paltrow.

3. What does the group mind often discourage, according to Lessing?
(a) Marrying members of the group.
(b) Believing in God.
(c) Debate about group ideas.
(d) Making friends with others.

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

5. Experiments in mental hospitals have shown sane people mistaken for _______________.
(a) Dangerous criminals.
(b) Corporate staff.
(c) Insane people.
(d) Medical staff.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Lessing's opinion, elitism is _____________.

2. What attitude did Lessing strive for, when it came to tragedy?

3. What was Margaret Thatcher's title?

4. With brainwashing techniques, soldiers can be made to feel ________ about killing.

5. What type of exposure leads the public to feel less for terrible disasters?

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