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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. In what year was Gottfried Lessing born?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1917.

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

3. What did Lessing's landlady think about her stream of visitors?
(a) She did not mind, but wondered what Lessing's mother thought.
(b) She did not notice the stream of visitors.
(c) She did not approve.
(d) She applauded her independence.

4. Who vouched for Gottfried Lessing to get him out of jail?
(a) Margaret Morgan.
(b) Frank Wisdom.
(c) Doris Lessing.
(d) Howe-Ely.

5. According to the quote at the opening of Chapter 1, the girl in Lessing's mother's favorite saying only cared about which of the following?
(a) Singing and prancing.
(b) Horses and dancing.
(c) Books and studying.
(d) Cats and flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?

2. What event in Lessing's childhood does she describe as having left her inconsolable?

3. To which party did Ken Graham belong?

4. In Chapter 16, which part of Esther and Kurt's house was exclusively Esther's?

5. In which book did Lessing write about Mr. Whitehead?

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