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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?
(a) Gout.
(b) Malaria.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Small Pox.

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

4. In which book did Lessing write about Mr. Whitehead?
(a) In Pursuit of the English.
(b) In Going Home.
(c) In Time Bites.
(d) In African Laughter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?

2. Where did Lessing's father work after he was discharged from the Army?

3. What does Lessing say about memory?

4. According to Lessing, where do most of the good biographers live?

5. Which of the following drugs does Lessing admit to having taken once?

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