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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Their father died.
(b) Their mother died.
(c) Their mother shaved her head.
(d) Their servants were fired for stealing.

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

3. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?
(a) The Inquisition.
(b) The Counter Reformation.
(c) Imperialism.
(d) Slavery.

4. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?
(a) They saved money scrupulously.
(b) They had their teeth removed.
(c) They drew up a legal will.
(d) They studied French.

5. How did Lessing's friend make a living in New York to support herself and her daughter?
(a) Writing.
(b) Modeling.
(c) Prostitution.
(d) Acting.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?

2. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?

3. How did Mrs. Mitchell and her son treat their Black servants?

4. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?

5. To which of the following does Lessing compare writers?

(see the answer key)

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