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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lessing, where do most of the good biographers live?
(a) United States of America.
(b) Germany.
(c) France.
(d) Britain.

2. To which book did Lessing often compare her childhood?
(a) The Little Princess.
(b) Toe-Rags.
(c) Pride and Prejudice.
(d) The Jungle Book.

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

4. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?
(a) Their servants were fired for stealing.
(b) Their mother shaved her head.
(c) Their father died.
(d) Their mother died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following killed one of the chickens and took off with a couple of eggs?

2. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?

3. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?

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

5. What does Lessing mention as the one thing that would have stopped her from marrying Frank?

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