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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?
(a) 1950's.
(b) 1940's.
(c) 1970's.
(d) 1960's.

4. Which company offered loans to the farmers in Lessing's region?
(a) Southern Rhodesian Farming Association.
(b) Land Bank.
(c) The British National Bank.
(d) The National Bank of Southern Rhodesia.

5. Where was John McVeagh born?
(a) Rhodesia.
(b) England.
(c) Persia.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which book did Lessing often compare her childhood?

2. Who stated that children should play in mud?

3. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?

4. What type of animals frequently made their way into the Tayler house?

5. Where did Lessing's father work after he was discharged from the Army?

(see the answer key)

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