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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 year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1934.

2. What did Lessing do while she spent her days with John?
(a) Lessing pined for simpler days.
(b) Lessing wrote poems in her mind.
(c) Lessing planned her escape from domestic life.
(d) Lessing entertained wild fantasies.

3. Where did Lessing's family live before they found property?
(a) In London.
(b) In Johannesburg.
(c) In Lilfordia.
(d) In Kent.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the editor of The New Rhodesia?

2. Where did Lessing and Gottfried decide to move?

3. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?

4. What was the difference between African huts and English huts?

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

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