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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. Why was it especially dangerous for Gottfried to carry on an affair?
(a) Because he was an enemy alien.
(b) Because he was a married man.
(c) Because he was a high-ranking official.
(d) Because he was a career criminal.

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

3. Who is the central character of Lessing's "The Good Terrorist"- a book that Lessing references in this chapter?
(a) Rachel.
(b) Alice.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Ivy.

4. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?
(a) Lessing wanted to foil her mother's attempts to feed the family well.
(b) Because the clothing that would arrive for her was always too small.
(c) Lessing's mother told her to try to lose weight.
(d) Lessing wanted to impress a farm assistant.

5. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?
(a) 1960's.
(b) 1970's.
(c) 1950's.
(d) 1940's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, which of the following does Lessing describe as her first memory?

2. According to Lessing, what is the most intense form of hatred?

3. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?

4. To which book did Lessing often compare her childhood?

5. Which of the following was the "chief wrong" that Lessing's mother cited in her diatribe against the Catholic Church?

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