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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To which of the following does Lessing compare writers?
(a) Liars.
(b) Pegs on which to hang ideas.
(c) Ventriloquists, casting a message from afar.
(d) Archaeologists.

2. According to Lessing, where do most of the good biographers live?
(a) United States of America.
(b) Britain.
(c) Germany.
(d) France.

3. Which of the following conditions ailed the author's father?
(a) Insomnia.
(b) Shell Shock.
(c) Bulimia.
(d) Schizophrenia.

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

5. How did Lessing's mother convey her distaste for Emily McVeagh?
(a) A sniff.
(b) A story about her frivolous ways.
(c) A look of disdain in her eyes.
(d) A constant undercurrent in her descriptions of Emily.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the author feel about her childhood?

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

4. What does Lessing say about memory?

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

(see the answer key)

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