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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. What did the Portuguese woman give to Lessing?
(a) A red hat.
(b) A red dress.
(c) A red shawl.
(d) A red evening bag.

2. In Chapter 21, which of the following years was noted as the one in which Gottfried Lessing became a British citizen?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1943.

3. What time of day would Gottfried get up to go to the tobacco auctions?
(a) 7 a.m.
(b) 6 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 5 a.m.

4. How many acres of land did James Tayler own in 1851?
(a) 90.
(b) 130.
(c) 300.
(d) 30.

5. Which of the following was NOT one of the things that Lessing and Frank had in common?
(a) Both subscribed to the New Statesman.
(b) Both had seditious thoughts about "The Native Problem".
(c) Both had read the Communist Manifesto.
(d) Both lived in Persia as children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?

2. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?

3. What development in young John's life took very little effort from Lessing?

4. What method of birth control had Lessing been using?

5. In Chapter 13, who did Lessing encounter in the street?

(see the answer key)

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