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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. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 103 years.
(b) 34 years.
(c) 23 years.
(d) 54 years.

2. What does Lessing say about memory?
(a) Memory cannot be trusted.
(b) Memory must be recorded in books.
(c) Memory is an astonishing record.
(d) Memory is a careless and lazy organ.

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

4. During the 1930's what did Lessing and her brother hear all of the adults discussing?
(a) The Slump.
(b) The War.
(c) The Native Problem.
(d) The Empire.

5. In Chapter 17, how did Klaus' father keep his name off the debt list?
(a) Klaus' father married the sister of a prominent Nazi.
(b) Klaus' father performed an abortion for a Nazi official.
(c) Klaus' father paid off a Nazi.
(d) Klaus' father blackmailed a Nazi official.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what activity does Lessing compare learning the skills of her new job?

2. To what does Lessing compare guilt?

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

4. Why did the Lessings have to keep certain guests from being seen by their servant, Book?

5. Which of the following phenomenons did Frank and Lessing consistently criticize?

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