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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At a popular university, a researcher had the ability to control a subject by __________.

2. What did Lessing believe about those living in democratic societies?

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

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

5. Lessing believed that people are governed by ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What relationship does communism have with the individual?

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

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

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

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

6. When confronted with a group opinion, why is it often difficult to maintain an opposing, individual opinion?

7. What was the Milgram experiment?

8. Why did Lessing believe that insane people are the only ones safe against brainwashing?

9. Why did Lessing publish books under a pseudonym?

10. What types of organizations have studied or used brainwashing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In her early days in Rhodesia, Lessing joined the Communist party.

1) Why did she join this group?

2) What did she like and dislike about being a Communist?

3) What did she learn from the experience?

Essay Topic 2

According to Lessing, people have a tendency to follow a leader. Examine the concept of leadership and how it is acted out in society, citing examples from the text.

Essay Topic 3

According to Lessing, what is the role of novelists in a society?

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