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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stated that children should play in mud?
(a) Mrs. Scott.
(b) Lessing's father.
(c) Lessing's mother.
(d) Montessori.

2. What was Lessing's name for her outward personality?
(a) Joey.
(b) Tigger.
(c) Igor.
(d) Winnie the Pooh.

3. What type of play did Lessing write while at the Convent?
(a) An English tragedy.
(b) A one-act Shakespearean play.
(c) A Ciceronian tragedy.
(d) An Aristophanean comedy.

4. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?
(a) 12.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 14.

5. In Chapter 2, what is one thing that Lessing says the writer must have in order to begin to write about his/her life?
(a) Tedious, rhetorical questions.
(b) Free time.
(c) Perspective.
(d) Copious emotional space.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following does Lessing blame for the distrust that 20th Century people have in their governments?

3. Which of the following conditions ailed the author's father?

4. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?

5. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?

(see the answer key)

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