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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lessing say about memory?
(a) Memory is an astonishing record.
(b) Memory must be recorded in books.
(c) Memory is a careless and lazy organ.
(d) Memory cannot be trusted.

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

3. 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) Tedious, rhetorical questions.
(b) Free time.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Copious emotional space.

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

5. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?
(a) By speaking disrespectfully to the nanny.
(b) By staying up late.
(c) By sneaking out of the cabin.
(d) By stealing things and lying about them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?

2. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?

3. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?

4. How did Lessing's friend make a living in New York to support herself and her daughter?

5. In Chapter 3, which of the following does Lessing describe as her first memory?

(see the answer key)

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