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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With whom did Lessing talk at the Meikles Hotel Lounge?
(a) A former Nazi.
(b) A committed Communist.
(c) An RAF member.
(d) A philandering artist.

2. What does Lessing describe as another form of intoxication aside from alcohol?
(a) Her book collection.
(b) Her body.
(c) Her rebellion against her parents.
(d) Her newfound ability to earn money.

3. How did the daughters of the mothers of the1960's view sex?
(a) As a privilege.
(b) As something to avoid.
(c) As a right.
(d) As a pleasurable pursuit.

4. What type of culture existed in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) A sexually permissive culture.
(b) A smoking culture.
(c) A drinking culture.
(d) A racially-integrated culture.

5. To which party did Ken Graham belong?
(a) The group of anarchists in Southern Rhodesia.
(b) The Communist Party.
(c) The Centrist Party.
(d) The Labor Party.

6. In what year was Gottfried Lessing born?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1917.

7. What did Lessing do most afternoons with the new baby?
(a) Lessing would drive out to see her father.
(b) Lessing would walk around with the baby in the pram.
(c) Lessing would visit Gottfried at the office.
(d) Lessing would prepare evening meals.

8. What development in young John's life took very little effort from Lessing?
(a) Speaking.
(b) Walking
(c) Toilet training.
(d) Crawling.

9. To which of the following areas did Lessing travel?
(a) Salisbury.
(b) London.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Umtali.

10. Who vouched for Gottfried Lessing to get him out of jail?
(a) Frank Wisdom.
(b) Howe-Ely.
(c) Margaret Morgan.
(d) Doris Lessing.

11. Who recommended that Lessing see a particular doctor for an abortion?
(a) Mabel Griffiths.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Frank's sister.
(d) Her mother.

12. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?
(a) Lessing's father assumed that Lessing had finally settled down.
(b) Lessing's father assumed that she was pregnant.
(c) Lessing's father assumed that Frank was interested in the family's money.
(d) Lessing's father assumed that she was in love.

13. What does Lessing mention as the one thing that would have stopped her from marrying Frank?
(a) Her father's support.
(b) Her father's admonition against making that mistake.
(c) Her mother's support.
(d) Her mother's opposition to the marriage.

14. To what activity does Lessing compare learning the skills of her new job?
(a) To learning to write the alphabet.
(b) To learning to speak.
(c) To learning to walk.
(d) To riding a bicycle.

15. In Chapter 12, what did Lessing do to calm down John?
(a) She sang nursery rhymes to him.
(b) She read stories of animals to him.
(c) She took John for walks in the pram.
(d) She laid him on his back on the carpet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Minister of Finance?

2. How does Lessing describe Frank Cooper's views on the world?

3. In Chapter 10, which of the following countries was Lessing thinking about as she stood at the edge of the tobacco field?

4. What was Lessing's wage when she worked as a junior typist?

5. How does Lessing describe the letters that she received from her mother?

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