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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 2, what is one thing that Lessing says the writer must have in order to begin to write about his/her life?
(a) Free time.
(b) Copious emotional space.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Tedious, rhetorical questions.

3. After returning to England, where did Lessing's family settle?
(a) In Bloomsbury.
(b) In the East End.
(c) In Persia.
(d) In Southern Rhodesia.

4. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?
(a) Imperialism.
(b) The Counter Reformation.
(c) Slavery.
(d) The Inquisition.

5. What stove brand did Lessing's family use?
(a) Carron Dover.
(b) Smith & Son's.
(c) McVeagh's.
(d) Liberty's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?

2. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?

3. Which company offered loans to the farmers in Lessing's region?

4. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?

5. What social development occurred during Lessing's stay at the Convent which, much to the chagrin of the nuns, parents supported?

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