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

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 2, what is one thing that Lessing says the writer must have in order to begin to write about his/her life?
(a) Perspective.
(b) Tedious, rhetorical questions.
(c) Copious emotional space.
(d) Free time.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following song for children made Lessing's mother cry?

2. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?

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

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

5. Which of the following conditions ailed the author's father?

(see the answer key)

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