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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Lessing feel about World War II at that time?
(a) She felt that it was an abomination.
(b) She felt that it was a necessary war.
(c) She felt that it was a catastrophic mistake.
(d) She felt that it was a good war.

3. What does Lessing describe as another form of intoxication aside from alcohol?
(a) Her body.
(b) Her book collection.
(c) Her rebellion against her parents.
(d) Her newfound ability to earn money.

4. What did Sonny Jameson borrow from Lessing?
(a) Her short stories.
(b) Her typewriter.
(c) Her collection of Everyman books.
(d) Her fountain pen.

5. Who is the hero of Fathers and Sons, the book Lessing cites in this chapter?
(a) Turgenev.
(b) Borislov.
(c) Bazarov.
(d) Karamazov.

6. What did all the women assume about Lessing's marriage to Frank?
(a) That their sex life was a failure.
(b) That they did not love each other.
(c) That they had married too soon.
(d) That they fought constantly.

7. How does Lessing describe their sex life?
(a) Strained.
(b) Spirited.
(c) Sad.
(d) Exciting.

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

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

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

11. What did Lessing notice about the workers at the Guardian?
(a) Lessing noticed that there were many women working in important positions.
(b) Lessing noticed that all classes of people were employed there.
(c) Lessing noticed that very few people ran the operation.
(d) Lessing noticed that whites worked alongside "Indians and Coloured people".

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

13. How does Lessing describe Frank Cooper's views on the world?
(a) Dramatic.
(b) Disconcerting.
(c) Amusing.
(d) Myopic.

14. Where did Frank and Lessing go on their honeymoon?
(a) Beira.
(b) London.
(c) Umtali.
(d) Capetown.

15. Where did Lessing and Gottfried go with friends?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Tunisia.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) South Africa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the highest ambition of Black workers in Salisbury?

2. What does Lessing mention as the one thing that would have stopped her from marrying Frank?

3. What time of day would Gottfried get up to go to the tobacco auctions?

4. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?

5. Which book on the experience of Communism does Lessing cite in this chapter?

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