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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lessing say about memory?
(a) Memory is a careless and lazy organ.
(b) Memory is an astonishing record.
(c) Memory cannot be trusted.
(d) Memory must be recorded in books.

2. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?
(a) 18.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 12.

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

4. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?
(a) Diamonds.
(b) Pyrite.
(c) Gold.
(d) Quartz.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Doris Lessing born?

2. How many acres of land did James Tayler own in 1851?

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

4. Why did Lessing's father miss the Battle of the Somme?

5. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?

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