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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 14, what year did Lessing marry Gottfried Lessing?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1942.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1946.

2. How did Lessing's mother convey her distaste for Emily McVeagh?
(a) A look of disdain in her eyes.
(b) A sniff.
(c) A story about her frivolous ways.
(d) A constant undercurrent in her descriptions of Emily.

3. How does Lessing describe the letters that she received from her mother?
(a) Frantic.
(b) Furious.
(c) Refreshing.
(d) Docile.

4. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?
(a) The Reformation.
(b) The Holocaust.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Crusades.

5. What was the difference between African huts and English huts?
(a) English huts were much larger.
(b) African huts were made of straw.
(c) African huts were two-story.
(d) English huts had windows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing describe as another form of intoxication aside from alcohol?

2. Which of the following was NOT a language commonly spoken in the Lessing home?

3. What did Lessing do while she spent her days with John?

4. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?

5. According to the quote at the opening of Chapter 1, the girl in Lessing's mother's favorite saying only cared about which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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