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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was Aunt Betty Cleverly like most women of her generation?
(a) Aunt Betty had decided not to marry.
(b) Aunt Betty was committed to Victorian values.
(c) Aunt Betty's lover was killed in the War.
(d) Aunt Betty was unhappily married.

2. In which book did Lessing write about Mr. Whitehead?
(a) In Going Home.
(b) In Pursuit of the English.
(c) In Time Bites.
(d) In African Laughter.

3. How many acres of land did James Tayler own in 1851?
(a) 300.
(b) 30.
(c) 130.
(d) 90.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing say about memory?

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

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

4. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?

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

(see the answer key)

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