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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Chapter 3, which of the following does Lessing describe as her first memory?
(a) Her father, towering above her on a horse.
(b) Her father returning from war.
(c) An image of the farm in Southern Rhodesia.
(d) An image of the great house in Persia.

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

4. 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 circumstances dictate the person.
(d) That happiness is fleeting.

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

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, what happens to women as time passes?

4. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?

5. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?

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