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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What historical event happened just before the birth of Lessing's daughter?
(a) The Atlantic Charter.
(b) The outbreak of WWII.
(c) The detente.
(d) The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

2. Growing up, what was Lessing always told about the family's financial status?
(a) That the family was poor.
(b) That the family was middle-class.
(c) That the family would be fine when her father settled in his new job.
(d) That the family was financially stable, but morally corrupt.

3. What image from the photograph album does Lessing describe?
(a) A visit to her father's workplace.
(b) A visit to a swimming bath.
(c) Her first day in the Persian house.
(d) A trip to the market.

4. Who was the Minister of Finance?
(a) Frank Wisdom.
(b) Gunther Maynard.
(c) Max Danziger.
(d) Arthur Koestler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Lessing talk at the Meikles Hotel Lounge?

2. Which activity did Lessing both love and hate?

3. How did Lessing's friend make a living in New York to support herself and her daughter?

4. Which of the following did Lessing delight in telling the other children at the school?

5. What did Doris insist on having with her in the photograph for which she posed?

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