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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty and Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following organizations asked Lessing to write a play in the 1950's?
(a) The Shakespeare Theater Company.
(b) The Liverpool Theater Company.
(c) The BBC.
(d) The Royal Theater Company.

2. What had Lessing become after attending meetings with Dorothy?
(a) A Communist.
(b) A rebel.
(c) A Fascist.
(d) A Democrat.

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

4. According to Lessing, where do most of the good biographers live?
(a) France.
(b) United States of America.
(c) Britain.
(d) Germany.

5. What skills did Lessing teach herself during that year?
(a) Sewing and darning.
(b) Reading and writing.
(c) Cooking and cleaning.
(d) Speed typing and shorthand.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the minimum wage for which workers were striking?

2. According to the quote at the opening of Chapter 1, the girl in Lessing's mother's favorite saying only cared about which of the following?

3. What kind of food were the children fed at the convent that Lessing stayed in as a child?

4. How much capital did Lessing's father take to Southern Rhodesia?

5. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?

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