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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lessing believed that a belief pattern of "you-are-damned, I-am-saved" in society is ________.
(a) Typical.
(b) All of these.
(c) Often temporary.
(d) Insane.

2. What happened to the miner who returned to work during the miner's strike?
(a) His friends beat him.
(b) His boss killed him.
(c) He was a national hero.
(d) He fell through a shaft.

3. Lessing thought _____________ would be angry over her experiment with a pseudonym.
(a) Her agent.
(b) Her parents.
(c) The British literary community.
(d) The Royal family.

4. What are two entities which perpetuate brainwashing?
(a) Advertising and government.
(b) Hollywood and religion.
(c) Government and the food industry.
(d) Religion and farmers.

5. What attitude did Lessing strive for, when it came to tragedy?
(a) Wild emotion.
(b) Pity.
(c) Dispassion.
(d) Rage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lessing was shocked to learn that her friend, a born again Christian, rejected ______________.

3. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?

4. In Russia and Czechoslovakia, people confessed to ridiculous crimes during __________.

5. Concerning conformity, Lessing believed that __________had the most influence on an individual.

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