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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 did all the women assume about Lessing's marriage to Frank?
(a) That they fought constantly.
(b) That their sex life was a failure.
(c) That they did not love each other.
(d) That they had married too soon.

2. In Chapter 14, what year did Lessing marry Gottfried Lessing?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1942.

3. In Chapter 4, what city did Lessing's mother insist on traveling through on the way back to England?
(a) Paris.
(b) Moscow.
(c) Brussels.
(d) London.

4. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?
(a) The Holocaust.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Reformation.
(d) The Crusades.

5. How was Aunt Betty Cleverly like most women of her generation?
(a) Aunt Betty was committed to Victorian values.
(b) Aunt Betty was unhappily married.
(c) Aunt Betty's lover was killed in the War.
(d) Aunt Betty had decided not to marry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?

2. Which company offered loans to the farmers in Lessing's region?

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

4. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?

5. How many eggs did Lessing attend to on the farm?

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