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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What event in Lessing's childhood does she describe as having left her inconsolable?
(a) The death of her cat.
(b) The beginning of war.
(c) The move to Africa.
(d) The first day of school.

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

3. How many adults lived in the Persian house while Lessing was growing up?
(a) One.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Four.

4. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1919.

5. Which of the following drugs does Lessing admit to having taken once?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Mescalin.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Marijuana.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lessing, what is the most intense form of hatred?

2. How many acres of land did James Tayler own in 1851?

3. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?

4. Which of the following does Lessing state as signifying the end of any war?

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

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