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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Fourteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In which book did Lessing write about Mr. Whitehead?
(a) In Pursuit of the English.
(b) In Time Bites.
(c) In African Laughter.
(d) In Going Home.

2. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?
(a) By speaking disrespectfully to the nanny.
(b) By staying up late.
(c) By stealing things and lying about them.
(d) By sneaking out of the cabin.

3. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 54 years.
(b) 34 years.
(c) 103 years.
(d) 23 years.

4. To which of the following areas did Lessing travel?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) Capetown.
(c) London.
(d) Umtali.

5. When did Gottfried Lessing arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) After Kristallnacht.
(b) At the end of World War II.
(c) Immediately following the outbreak of war.
(d) Before the outbreak of World War II.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Lessing's family live before they found property?

2. How does Lessing describe the letters that she received from her mother?

3. Which book on the experience of Communism does Lessing cite in this chapter?

4. What did Lessing's landlady think about her stream of visitors?

5. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?

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