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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. What did Lessing's parents think of the Whiteheads when they first met them?
(a) That they would be useful in developing relationships.
(b) That they could betray them at any time.
(c) That they were shifty and unsatisfactory.
(d) That they should return to England.

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

4. 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) Perspective.
(b) Free time.
(c) Tedious, rhetorical questions.
(d) Copious emotional space.

5. What did the doctor prescribe to alleviate Lessing's mother's ailment?
(a) Penicillin.
(b) Hydration and exercise.
(c) Bed rest.
(d) Tonic and quinine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Lessing state as signifying the end of any war?

2. How did the author feel about her childhood?

3. What was the difference between African huts and English huts?

4. To which of the following does Lessing compare writers?

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

(see the answer key)

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