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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?
(a) 35.
(b) 23.
(c) 32.
(d) 42.

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

4. What did Lessing's parents think of the Whiteheads when they first met them?
(a) That they were shifty and unsatisfactory.
(b) That they should return to England.
(c) That they would be useful in developing relationships.
(d) That they could betray them at any time.

5. Why did Lessing not like the clothes that her mother had made for her?
(a) Because her mother had poor taste in clothing design.
(b) Because her mother was a poor seamstress.
(c) Because her mother always made her clothes look too youthful.
(d) Because her mother always insisted on making clothing that was too big.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many family members went to visit Lessing's house in Persia?

2. What did the doctor prescribe to alleviate Lessing's mother's ailment?

3. How did the author feel about her childhood?

4. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?

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

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