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

2. What time of day would Gottfried get up to go to the tobacco auctions?
(a) 6 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 7 a.m.
(d) 3 a.m.

3. In Chapter 9, which year does Lessing describe as a "make or break" year in her life?
(a) Her 12th year.
(b) Her 16th year.
(c) Her 17th year.
(d) Her 14th year.

4. What anti-Soviet book did Lessing began circulating?
(a) The Grass is Singing.
(b) Darkness at Noon.
(c) Cold Warrior.
(d) I Chose Freedom.

5. Which of the following was NOT one of the things that Lessing and Frank had in common?
(a) Both subscribed to the New Statesman.
(b) Both lived in Persia as children.
(c) Both had read the Communist Manifesto.
(d) Both had seditious thoughts about "The Native Problem".

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following organizations asked Lessing to write a play in the 1950's?

2. How did the author feel about her childhood?

3. Who is the central character of Lessing's "The Good Terrorist"- a book that Lessing references in this chapter?

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

5. With whom did Lessing board as a child?

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