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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Lessing, what is the most intense form of hatred?
(a) The rage of a child.
(b) Stereotyping.
(c) The hatred of the disillusioned soldier.
(d) The racially-motivated hatred of post-colonial Africa.

2. How old was Lessing when she wrote "The Treasure Trunk"?
(a) 12.
(b) 10.
(c) 19.
(d) 13.

3. What type of animals frequently made their way into the Tayler house?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Beetles.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Cats.

4. How did Lessing's mother convey her distaste for Emily McVeagh?
(a) A sniff.
(b) A story about her frivolous ways.
(c) A constant undercurrent in her descriptions of Emily.
(d) A look of disdain in her eyes.

5. How did the author feel about her childhood?
(a) Lessing felt as though the entire world was changing while she was a child.
(b) Lessing felt as though her childhood had been very sheltered.
(c) Lessing felt as though her parents had neglected her.
(d) Lessing felt as though there had been a grey cloud over her childhood.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which of the following drugs does Lessing admit to having taken once?

5. What was Lessing's name for her outward personality?

(see the answer key)

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