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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the black population of Salisbury?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,000,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 10,000.

2. To which of the following areas did Lessing travel?
(a) London.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Umtali.
(d) Salisbury.

3. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?
(a) Lessing's father assumed that Frank was interested in the family's money.
(b) Lessing's father assumed that she was pregnant.
(c) Lessing's father assumed that Lessing had finally settled down.
(d) Lessing's father assumed that she was in love.

4. In Chapter 11, where did Lessing work?
(a) Lessing worked as an au pair for the Smith family.
(b) Lessing worked at the Telephone Exchange.
(c) Lessing transcribed notes for a local newspaper.
(d) Lessing worked part-time at several lawyers' firms.

5. Why did Lessing's mother rush from the farm to her home?
(a) Lessing's mother had heard rumors of an impending divorce.
(b) Lessing's mother wanted to warn her about having too many children too close together.
(c) Lessing's mother needed to inform her of her father's condition/
(d) Lessing's mother wanted to end her marriage to Frank.

6. Who was the Minister of Finance?
(a) Arthur Koestler.
(b) Max Danziger.
(c) Frank Wisdom.
(d) Gunther Maynard.

7. To what activity does Lessing compare learning the skills of her new job?
(a) To learning to speak.
(b) To riding a bicycle.
(c) To learning to walk.
(d) To learning to write the alphabet.

8. Who did Lessing work for at this point in her life?
(a) Mr. Wisdom.
(b) Mr. Danziger.
(c) Mr. Smith.
(d) Mr. Lamb.

9. When did Lessing and Frank decide to have another child?
(a) When John was 4 years old.
(b) When John was 9 years old.
(c) When John was 2 years old.
(d) When John was 9 months old.

10. What was the name of the building in which Lessing and Gottfried rented their flat?
(a) Jameson Hotel.
(b) Leander House.
(c) Grand Meikles.
(d) Cambridge Woods.

11. What book does Lessing cite in her discussion of the Russian front?
(a) The Forgotten Soldier.
(b) Darkness at Noon.
(c) All Quiet on the Western Front.
(d) The Real Thing.

12. What aspect of her childhood determined that Lessing would never separate herself from politics?
(a) Listening to her parents' impossible ideas.
(b) Listening to the way that her parents treated the servants.
(c) Listening to the BBC each day.
(d) Listening to the ideas of the African workers whom her family employed.

13. What was waiting for Lessing's last son in his crib before he was born?
(a) A quilt.
(b) A pacifier.
(c) A teddy bear.
(d) A mobile.

14. What was the primary battle between Lessing and her mother centered upon?
(a) Boys.
(b) Religion.
(c) Clothing.
(d) School.

15. What did Lessing's landlady think about her stream of visitors?
(a) She did not notice the stream of visitors.
(b) She did not mind, but wondered what Lessing's mother thought.
(c) She did not approve.
(d) She applauded her independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 10, which of the following countries was Lessing thinking about as she stood at the edge of the tobacco field?

2. In Chapter 15, whom did Lessing find drinking wine with Gottfried?

3. In Chapter 13, who did Lessing encounter in the street?

4. What did Lessing do while she spent her days with John?

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

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