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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Eight.

2. How did Lessing's friend make a living in New York to support herself and her daughter?
(a) Writing.
(b) Acting.
(c) Modeling.
(d) Prostitution.

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

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

5. To which of the following does Lessing compare writers?
(a) Pegs on which to hang ideas.
(b) Ventriloquists, casting a message from afar.
(c) Liars.
(d) Archaeologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event in Lessing's childhood does she describe as having left her inconsolable?

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

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

4. How did Lessing's mother pack differently for her new life in Africa than she did for Persia?

5. According to Lessing, above all, what does history tell us?

(see the answer key)

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