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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Doris Lessing born?
(a) Kermanshah, Persia.
(b) Southern Rhodesia.
(c) Glasgow, Scotland.
(d) London, England.

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

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

5. Where did Lessing's father work after he was discharged from the Army?
(a) The Scotland Yard.
(b) A small farm in Rhodesia.
(c) Imperial Bank of Persia.
(d) National Hospital of England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?

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

3. According to Lessing, above all, what does history tell us?

4. What did Doris insist on having with her in the photograph for which she posed?

5. Which of the following does Lessing blame for the distrust that 20th Century people have in their governments?

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