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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Fifteen, Sixteen and Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of culture existed in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) A smoking culture.
(b) A racially-integrated culture.
(c) A sexually permissive culture.
(d) A drinking culture.

2. Who stated that children should play in mud?
(a) Montessori.
(b) Mrs. Scott.
(c) Lessing's father.
(d) Lessing's mother.

3. What book does Lessing cite in her discussion of the Russian front?
(a) The Real Thing.
(b) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(c) Darkness at Noon.
(d) The Forgotten Soldier.

4. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Betty.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Beth.

5. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?
(a) By washing her hair with scalding hot water.
(b) With expensive shampoo.
(c) With paraffin.
(d) By shaving her head.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the daughters of the mothers of the1960's view sex?

2. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?

3. What did Biddy O'Halloran's skin resemble?

4. How old was Jean in the scene that Lessing describes in this chapter?

5. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?

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