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

3. Where did Kurt claim his real education occurred?
(a) Cafes in Vienna.
(b) Auschwitz.
(c) World War II.
(d) Cambridge.

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

5. How did the daughters of the mothers of the1960's view sex?
(a) As a privilege.
(b) As a right.
(c) As something to avoid.
(d) As a pleasurable pursuit.

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

7. In what year was Gottfried Lessing born?
(a) 1917.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1921.

8. What historical event happened just before the birth of Lessing's daughter?
(a) The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
(b) The detente.
(c) The outbreak of WWII.
(d) The Atlantic Charter.

9. Why would Gottfried and Lessing often drive into the suburbs?
(a) To shop for specialty goods.
(b) To stay in the suburbs with friends.
(c) To visit Lessing's dying father.
(d) To avoid the noise of the city.

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

11. Who vouched for Gottfried Lessing to get him out of jail?
(a) Margaret Morgan.
(b) Doris Lessing.
(c) Howe-Ely.
(d) Frank Wisdom.

12. When did Gottfried Lessing arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) At the end of World War II.
(b) Before the outbreak of World War II.
(c) After Kristallnacht.
(d) Immediately following the outbreak of war.

13. What method of birth control had Lessing been using?
(a) Condoms.
(b) Birth control pills.
(c) The Dutch cap.
(d) None.

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

15. What did Dr. Rosen suggest to Lessing when she went in for surgery to repair her retroverted uterus?
(a) Fertility testing.
(b) Abortion.
(c) Birth control pills.
(d) Sterilization.