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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following areas was the homeland of Lessing's mother's doctor?
(a) Johannesburg.
(b) Sinoia.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Persia.

2. Where was Doris Lessing born?
(a) Southern Rhodesia.
(b) Kermanshah, Persia.
(c) Glasgow, Scotland.
(d) London, England.

3. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

4. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

5. How many adults lived in the Persian house while Lessing was growing up?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lessing, what is the most intense form of hatred?

2. What did Biddy O'Halloran's skin resemble?

3. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?

4. How many acres of land did James Tayler own in 1851?

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

(see the answer key)

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