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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?
(a) Influenza.
(b) Small Pox.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Gout.

2. What kind of dress was Lessing wearing in the scene that she describes?
(a) Grey silk.
(b) Green satin.
(c) Black velvet.
(d) Red velvet.

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 religions did Lessing suddenly convert?
(a) Roman Catholicism.
(b) Anglicanism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Judaism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To which book did Lessing often compare her childhood?

2. Which of the following does Lessing blame for the distrust that 20th Century people have in their governments?

3. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 2, what is one thing that Lessing says the writer must have in order to begin to write about his/her life?

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

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