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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following song for children made Lessing's mother cry?
(a) "Baa Baa, Black Sheep".
(b) "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star".
(c) "Humpty-Dumpty".
(d) "Ring Around the Rosie".

3. In Chapter 12, what did Lessing do to calm down John?
(a) She took John for walks in the pram.
(b) She read stories of animals to him.
(c) She sang nursery rhymes to him.
(d) She laid him on his back on the carpet.

4. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?
(a) Imperialism.
(b) The Counter Reformation.
(c) Slavery.
(d) The Inquisition.

5. Which of the following was NOT one of the things that Lessing and Frank had in common?
(a) Both had seditious thoughts about "The Native Problem".
(b) Both had read the Communist Manifesto.
(c) Both lived in Persia as children.
(d) Both subscribed to the New Statesman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Lessing when she wrote "The Treasure Trunk"?

2. To which of the following does Lessing compare writers?

3. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?

4. What method of birth control had Lessing been using?

5. Growing up, what was Lessing always told about the family's financial status?

(see the answer key)

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