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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what is one thing that Lessing says the writer must have in order to begin to write about his/her life?
(a) Perspective.
(b) Free time.
(c) Copious emotional space.
(d) Tedious, rhetorical questions.

2. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

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

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

5. According to Lessing, what happens to women as time passes?
(a) Women are dropped from memory, then history.
(b) Women assert themselves as powerful people.
(c) Women fade into the domestic sphere.
(d) Women become more significant to a culture's public culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?

2. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?

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

4. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?

5. Which of the following does Lessing state as signifying the end of any war?

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