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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?
(a) The Reformation.
(b) The Crusades.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Holocaust.

4. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?
(a) Her first day in the Persian house.
(b) A trip to the market.
(c) A visit to a swimming bath.
(d) A visit to her father's workplace.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, which of the following does Lessing describe as her first memory?

2. How many adults lived in the Persian house while Lessing was growing up?

3. How did Lessing's mother convey her distaste for Emily McVeagh?

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

5. According to Lessing, what happens to women as time passes?

(see the answer key)

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