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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 song for children made Lessing's mother cry?
(a) "Baa Baa, Black Sheep".
(b) "Humpty-Dumpty".
(c) "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
(d) "Ring Around the Rosie".

2. Where did Lessing first experience a social event in which she and black people were treated equally?
(a) Old Umtali.
(b) London.
(c) Johannesburg.
(d) Capetown.

3. How does Lessing describe Frank Cooper's views on the world?
(a) Disconcerting.
(b) Amusing.
(c) Myopic.
(d) Dramatic.

4. With whom did Lessing talk at the Meikles Hotel Lounge?
(a) A philandering artist.
(b) A former Nazi.
(c) A committed Communist.
(d) An RAF member.

5. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?
(a) The White Slave Trade.
(b) The risk of not appearing to be marriage material.
(c) Showing too much knowledge about politics.
(d) The wicked intentions of teenage boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 11, where did Lessing work?

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

3. What type of culture existed in Southern Rhodesia?

4. What had Lessing become after attending meetings with Dorothy?

5. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?

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