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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Six -Seven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Growing up, what was Lessing always told about the family's financial status?
(a) That the family was financially stable, but morally corrupt.
(b) That the family was middle-class.
(c) That the family would be fine when her father settled in his new job.
(d) That the family was poor.

2. According to Lessing, above all, what does history tell us?
(a) That nothing is permanent.
(b) That circumstances dictate the person.
(c) That happiness is fleeting.
(d) That mankind is not peaceful by nature.

3. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?
(a) The Recluse.
(b) The Cynic.
(c) The Guide.
(d) The Hostess.

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

5. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?
(a) The wildcats.
(b) The natives.
(c) The trees.
(d) The bush.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?

3. Why did Lessing not like the clothes that her mother had made for her?

4. Which of the following sparkled in every rock that surrounded the Lessings' home?

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?

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