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

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

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

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

5. 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?
(a) Books and studying.
(b) Horses and dancing.
(c) Singing and prancing.
(d) Cats and flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lessing refuse to have on her bed at night?

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

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

4. In Chapter 4, what city did Lessing's mother insist on traveling through on the way back to England?

5. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?

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