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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 have governments in the past done to determine if government workers were behaving well?
(a) Asked around.
(b) Quizzed them.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Spied on them.

2. According to Lessing, governments use brain washing for what purpose?
(a) To save money.
(b) To teach.
(c) To control people.
(d) To win wars.

3. According to Lessing, what type of absolutes do group minds often express?
(a) Democratic theories.
(b) Historical references.
(c) Scientific data.
(d) Sacred assumptions.

4. During experiments, individuals have been shown to __________.
(a) Cry out for companionship.
(b) Give into the group.
(c) Panic.
(d) Think individually.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Experiments in mental hospitals have shown sane people mistaken for _______________.

2. In an experiment referenced by Lessing, groups fought individuals about the length of _____________.

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

4. What does every country perpetuate to some extent, according to Lessing?

5. In the United States, people confessed to ridiculous crimes during _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Lessing stated that people in democratic societies are often fooling themselves on their level of freedom. Why?

2. Why do most people believe they are not susceptible to brainwashing?

3. Why do most people not want to hear about brainwashing?

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

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

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

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

8. Why do people often conform to groups?

9. Why do people fall victim to "inner censorship"?

10. Are all aspects of brainwashing intentional?

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