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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. Which of the following phenomenons did Frank and Lessing consistently criticize?
(a) White superiority.
(b) English customs celebrated in Rhodesia.
(c) Classism.
(d) Pretensions about education.

2. How old was Lessing when she wrote "The Treasure Trunk"?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 19.
(d) 12.

3. Where did the young people in Lessing's circles get their beer?
(a) Capetown Brewery.
(b) Castle Brewery.
(c) Salisbury Brewery.
(d) Brewer's Pub.

4. According to Lessing, where do most of the good biographers live?
(a) France.
(b) United States of America.
(c) Germany.
(d) Britain.

5. What method of birth control had Lessing been using?
(a) Birth control pills.
(b) None.
(c) The Dutch cap.
(d) Condoms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?

2. Why was it especially dangerous for Gottfried to carry on an affair?

3. In Chapter 14, what year did Lessing marry Gottfried Lessing?

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

5. What did the doctor prescribe to alleviate Lessing's mother's ailment?

(see the answer key)

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