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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty and Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?
(a) 35.
(b) 23.
(c) 42.
(d) 32.

2. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?
(a) Novels require more of the author's soul.
(b) Biographies sell well.
(c) Biographies are based on fact.
(d) Biographies are simpler to write than fiction.

3. Which of the following phenomenons did Frank and Lessing consistently criticize?
(a) White superiority.
(b) English customs celebrated in Rhodesia.
(c) Pretensions about education.
(d) Classism.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much capital did Lessing's father take to Southern Rhodesia?

2. How did Lessing's mother convey her distaste for Emily McVeagh?

3. What was the highest ambition of Black workers in Salisbury?

4. When did Lessing and Frank decide to have another child?

5. What did Lessing notice about the workers at the Guardian?

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