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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Laboratories of Social Change.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Lessing is convinced that too many people are ____________.
(a) Totally untrustworthy.
(b) Blindly loyal.
(c) Somewhat Misunderstood.
(d) Completely transparent.

3. What type of science often suffers from budget cuts in public institutions?
(a) Astronomy.
(b) Geology.
(c) Social.
(d) Biology.

4. Lessing believed that any sane person is susceptible to __________.
(a) Consumerism.
(b) Love.
(c) Brainwashing.
(d) Ardent patriotism.

5. Through understanding brainwashing, Lessing hoped that people could let go of ___________.
(a) Goal setting trends.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Self-delusion.
(d) Blame.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lessing believes the reaction of both Christians and Leftists to opposition is a form of ___________.

2. Lessing considered the time period of World War II to be ___________.

3. What happened to the man who named his cat "King of Kings"?

4. For how many years have governments and priesthoods used brainwashing techniques?

5. Lessing believed the ability to hold what kind of thoughts in the mind would be an example of a progressive thinker?

(see the answer key)

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