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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During a riot in Brussels, what shocking act did humans perform on corpses?
(a) Disrespect.
(b) Urination.
(c) Grave robbing.
(d) Graffiti.

2. What minority did Lessing believe needed to be strengthened in order to help the future?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Women.
(c) Hispanics.
(d) The individual.

3. During Lessing's time in Rhodesia, how many people were in the political party she briefly joined?
(a) 200.
(b) 5.
(c) 300.
(d) 40.

4. What does Lessing hope will one day change human behavior?
(a) Awareness.
(b) Learning from our past.
(c) All of these.
(d) Scientific data.

5. What was the label put on anyone in Rhodesia who disagreed with the ruling class?
(a) All of these.
(b) Sexually depraved.
(c) Corrupt.
(d) Evil.

6. What did the farmer do to punish the bull for its kill?
(a) Whipped it.
(b) Bred it.
(c) Sold it.
(d) Killed it.

7. The political group Lessing joined in Rhodesia held what hope for the world under their rule?
(a) All of these.
(b) No crime.
(c) No racial prejudice.
(d) No sexual prejudice.

8. Lessing encouraged humans to learn from ____________.
(a) Differing viewpoints.
(b) The news.
(c) Folklore.
(d) Family history.

9. Lessing believed the human race to be in _________.
(a) "An expected state."
(b) "An inspirational transformation."
(c) "Purgatory."
(d) "A terrible mess."

10. What nationality was Friedrich Hebbel?
(a) Austrian.
(b) American.
(c) British.
(d) Spanish.

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

12. Lessing believed people could grow if they only detached from ___________.
(a) Their family.
(b) The idea of love.
(c) Lessons from the past.
(d) Mass emotion.

13. What surprised Lessing regarding human behavior over time?
(a) How little it had changed.
(b) The intelligence amassed.
(c) How much it had changed.
(d) The faith that has grown.

14. According to Lessing, what word gets people excited to fight?
(a) "Justice."
(b) "Hatred."
(c) "Violence."
(d) "Blood."

15. Why did a member of the striking mine workers go back to work during the strike?
(a) Lack of faith in the strike leader.
(b) To get public attention.
(c) To defy his country.
(d) He agreed with the union terms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing believe that humans know?

2. According to Lessing, what religion has encouraged Europeans to kill in the name of God?

3. What did Lessing reference as a method groups use to encourage others not to think?

4. What was the race of the boy the bull killed?

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

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