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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Biddy O'Halloran's skin resemble?
(a) Olives.
(b) Bronze.
(c) Peaches and cream.
(d) Red jelly and cream.

2. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?
(a) With paraffin.
(b) By shaving her head.
(c) By washing her hair with scalding hot water.
(d) With expensive shampoo.

3. Which of the following does Lessing blame for the distrust that 20th Century people have in their governments?
(a) Media coverage.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) Political corruption.

4. Growing up, what was Lessing always told about the family's financial status?
(a) That the family was financially stable, but morally corrupt.
(b) That the family would be fine when her father settled in his new job.
(c) That the family was poor.
(d) That the family was middle-class.

5. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 34 years.
(c) 103 years.
(d) 54 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?

2. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?

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

4. Which of the following areas was the homeland of Lessing's mother's doctor?

5. What stove brand did Lessing's family use?

(see the answer key)

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