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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?
(a) By washing her hair with scalding hot water.
(b) With expensive shampoo.
(c) By shaving her head.
(d) With paraffin.

2. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?
(a) Lessing's mother told her to try to lose weight.
(b) Lessing wanted to impress a farm assistant.
(c) Lessing wanted to foil her mother's attempts to feed the family well.
(d) Because the clothing that would arrive for her was always too small.

3. According to Lessing, what tactic did the armies use to make killing easier?
(a) Aerial raids on villages.
(b) Long-distance weapons.
(c) Vague meetings on military idealism.
(d) Derogatory epithets and dehumanizing language.

4. What kind of food were the children fed at the convent that Lessing stayed in as a child?
(a) English peasant food.
(b) French peasant food.
(c) German peasant food.
(d) Traditional Rhodesian food.

5. How did the daughters of the mothers of the1960's view sex?
(a) As a right.
(b) As something to avoid.
(c) As a pleasurable pursuit.
(d) As a privilege.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following drugs does Lessing admit to having taken once?

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

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

4. In Chapter 2, what is one thing that Lessing says the writer must have in order to begin to write about his/her life?

5. At which establishment was Frank known as "one of the boys"?

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