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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. According to Lessing, what is the most intense form of hatred?
(a) The rage of a child.
(b) Stereotyping.
(c) The racially-motivated hatred of post-colonial Africa.
(d) The hatred of the disillusioned soldier.

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

3. According to Lessing, above all, what does history tell us?
(a) That mankind is not peaceful by nature.
(b) That nothing is permanent.
(c) That happiness is fleeting.
(d) That circumstances dictate the person.

4. What type of culture existed in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) A drinking culture.
(b) A racially-integrated culture.
(c) A sexually permissive culture.
(d) A smoking culture.

5. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?
(a) Quartz.
(b) Gold.
(c) Pyrite.
(d) Diamonds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Lessing cite in her discussion of the Russian front?

2. How did Lessing's friend make a living in New York to support herself and her daughter?

3. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?

4. Who stated that children should play in mud?

5. Which group was beginning to infiltrate Salisbury?

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