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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. Which of the following does Lessing state as signifying the end of any war?
(a) Negotiations.
(b) Total victory.
(c) Armistice.
(d) Military defeat.

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

3. Who was the editor of The New Rhodesia?
(a) N.H. Wilson.
(b) Gottfried Lessing.
(c) Lessing.
(d) Frank Wisdom.

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

5. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?
(a) With expensive shampoo.
(b) By shaving her head.
(c) With paraffin.
(d) By washing her hair with scalding hot water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 18, which of the following is NOT one of the dictators whom Lessing lists?

2. How does Lessing describe Frank Cooper's views on the world?

3. What kind of dress was Lessing wearing in the scene that she describes?

4. Where did the young people in Lessing's circles get their beer?

5. Where did Lessing and Gottfried go with friends?

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