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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does every country perpetuate to some extent, according to Lessing?
(a) False modesty.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Brainwashing.
(d) Nostalgia.

2. Lessing believed that anyone studying sects was susceptible to ______________.
(a) Not taking the study seriously.
(b) Accusing innocent people.
(c) Believing their doctrine.
(d) Going crazy.

3. What percentage of the world has a strong tendency towards leadership, according to experts?
(a) 40%.
(b) 90%
(c) 10%
(d) 25%.

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

5. Margaret Thatcher hoped the advertising agency would bring up what type of emotions in people?
(a) Easy.
(b) Hope.
(c) Sad.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do most people ignore the existence of brainwashing techniques?

2. What was Margaret Thatcher's title?

3. What did Margaret Thatcher hire an advertising company to manage?

4. In what country was the Gettysburg Address made?

5. Lessing is concerned that too many people are __________ about group psychology.

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Milgram experiment?

2. What is the price an individual might pay if he resists the group mentality?

3. Who is Jean Rhys? Why did all of her work become popular?

4. What is the value of brainwashing to a government?

5. Why would a government or sect of any sort want to control its subjects through brainwashing?

6. What was the literary community's reaction to Lessing's pseudonym experiment?

7. According to Lessing, why is elitism considered unfashionable?

8. When it comes to commentators and critics, what breeds an air of familiarity with viewers?

9. During the Korean War, why were American soldiers confessing to crimes they had nothing to do with?

10. What type of ideas can be put into a subject's mind during the brainwashing process?

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