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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many family members went to visit Lessing's house in Persia?
(a) Two.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?
(a) Betsy.
(b) Beth.
(c) Biddy.
(d) Betty.

4. After returning to England, where did Lessing's family settle?
(a) In Southern Rhodesia.
(b) In Persia.
(c) In the East End.
(d) In Bloomsbury.

5. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 54 years.
(b) 34 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 103 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the quote at the opening of Chapter 1, the girl in Lessing's mother's favorite saying only cared about which of the following?

2. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?

3. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?

4. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?

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

(see the answer key)

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