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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. Who stated that children should play in mud?
(a) Lessing's mother.
(b) Montessori.
(c) Lessing's father.
(d) Mrs. Scott.

2. To what does Lessing compare guilt?
(a) A festering sore.
(b) An iceberg.
(c) A nagging woman.
(d) An elephant in the room.

3. In Chapter 13, who did Lessing encounter in the street?
(a) Gottfried Lessing.
(b) Her brother, Harry.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Dorothy Schwartz.

4. Where was Doris Lessing born?
(a) Southern Rhodesia.
(b) Glasgow, Scotland.
(c) Kermanshah, Persia.
(d) London, England.

5. In Chapter 20, which of the following people was NOT still a member of the Communist Party?
(a) Dorothy.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Gottfried.
(d) Lessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stove brand did Lessing's family use?

2. 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?

3. After returning to England, where did Lessing's family settle?

4. Which of the following killed one of the chickens and took off with a couple of eggs?

5. Why did Lessing's father miss the Battle of the Somme?

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