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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 Lessing's parents think of the Whiteheads when they first met them?
(a) That they should return to England.
(b) That they would be useful in developing relationships.
(c) That they could betray them at any time.
(d) That they were shifty and unsatisfactory.

2. Why would Gottfried and Lessing often drive into the suburbs?
(a) To visit Lessing's dying father.
(b) To stay in the suburbs with friends.
(c) To shop for specialty goods.
(d) To avoid the noise of the city.

3. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?
(a) Biographies are based on fact.
(b) Biographies are simpler to write than fiction.
(c) Novels require more of the author's soul.
(d) Biographies sell well.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?

2. Which of the following did Lessing delight in telling the other children at the school?

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

4. According to Lessing, where do most of the good biographers live?

5. With whom did Lessing board as a child?

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