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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?
(a) The risk of not appearing to be marriage material.
(b) The wicked intentions of teenage boys.
(c) Showing too much knowledge about politics.
(d) The White Slave Trade.

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

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

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

5. What method of birth control had Lessing been using?
(a) None.
(b) Condoms.
(c) Birth control pills.
(d) The Dutch cap.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Frank and Lessing go on their honeymoon?

2. What article of clothing caught young Lessing's attention on Bayswater Road?

3. What type of play did Lessing write while at the Convent?

4. Where was John McVeagh born?

5. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?

(see the answer key)

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