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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Doris Lessing born?
(a) Glasgow, Scotland.
(b) Southern Rhodesia.
(c) Kermanshah, Persia.
(d) London, England.

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

3. Which of the following books did Lessing use to illustrate the difference in transitioning from the consciousness of a child to that of an adult?
(a) Pride and Prejudice.
(b) Tristram Shandy.
(c) The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
(d) Hamlet.

4. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?
(a) The bush.
(b) The wildcats.
(c) The trees.
(d) The natives.

5. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?

2. What made Lessing and her brother weep at the end of Chapter 5?

3. How much capital did Lessing's father take to Southern Rhodesia?

4. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?

5. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?

(see the answer key)

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