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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Lessing's father miss the Battle of the Somme?
(a) A case of depression.
(b) A dishonorable discharge.
(c) An amputated leg.
(d) A bad appendix.

2. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?
(a) A trip to the market.
(b) A visit to a swimming bath.
(c) Her first day in the Persian house.
(d) A visit to her father's workplace.

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

4. Which of the following does Lessing blame for the distrust that 20th Century people have in their governments?
(a) Political corruption.
(b) World War II.
(c) World War I.
(d) Media coverage.

5. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?
(a) Four.
(b) Eight.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?

2. To which of the following does Lessing compare writers?

3. 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?

4. In Chapter 3, which of the following does Lessing describe as her first memory?

5. How was Aunt Betty Cleverly like most women of her generation?

(see the answer key)

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