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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?
(a) That they were incompetent.
(b) That they were lazy.
(c) That they were corrupt.
(d) That they were members of a different culture.

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

3. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?
(a) 1940's.
(b) 1950's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 1960's.

4. Which of the following song for children made Lessing's mother cry?
(a) "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
(b) "Ring Around the Rosie".
(c) "Humpty-Dumpty".
(d) "Baa Baa, Black Sheep".

5. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?
(a) 42.
(b) 32.
(c) 35.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following drugs does Lessing admit to having taken once?

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

3. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?

4. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?

5. What event in Lessing's childhood does she describe as having left her inconsolable?

(see the answer key)

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