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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

2. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?
(a) The Holocaust.
(b) The Renaissance.
(c) The Crusades.
(d) The Reformation.

3. In Chapter 8, what does Lessing reference as a common theme throughout her childhood?
(a) Trees.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Fires.
(d) Adventures.

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

5. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?
(a) That they were lazy.
(b) That they were corrupt.
(c) That they were incompetent.
(d) That they were members of a different culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Doris Lessing born?

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

3. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?

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

5. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?

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