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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?
(a) Because the clothing that would arrive for her was always too small.
(b) Lessing's mother told her to try to lose weight.
(c) Lessing wanted to foil her mother's attempts to feed the family well.
(d) Lessing wanted to impress a farm assistant.

2. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?
(a) Beth.
(b) Betsy.
(c) Betty.
(d) Biddy.

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

4. Which of Lessing's books began at that time in her life?
(a) Landlocked.
(b) Martha Quest.
(c) The Cleft.
(d) Going Home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lessing's landlady think about her stream of visitors?

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

3. How many eggs did Lessing attend to on the farm?

4. In which book did Lessing write about Mr. Whitehead?

5. Who was the editor of The New Rhodesia?

(see the answer key)

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