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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 18, which of the following is NOT one of the dictators whom Lessing lists?
(a) Idi Amin.
(b) Mao.
(c) Khomeni.
(d) Pol Pot.

2. What did the Portuguese woman give to Lessing?
(a) A red dress.
(b) A red shawl.
(c) A red hat.
(d) A red evening bag.

3. Why did Kurt and Esther refuse to attend meetings?
(a) Because they felt that the meetings were childish.
(b) Because they were afraid of being deported.
(c) Because they could not find a party meeting that appealed to them to attend.
(d) Because they had learned not to speak out politically.

4. Where did the young people in Lessing's circles get their beer?
(a) Castle Brewery.
(b) Brewer's Pub.
(c) Salisbury Brewery.
(d) Capetown Brewery.

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

6. To which party did Ken Graham belong?
(a) The Labor Party.
(b) The group of anarchists in Southern Rhodesia.
(c) The Communist Party.
(d) The Centrist Party.

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

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

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

10. What type of culture existed in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) A drinking culture.
(b) A smoking culture.
(c) A sexually permissive culture.
(d) A racially-integrated culture.

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

12. Where did Lessing first experience a social event in which she and black people were treated equally?
(a) Capetown.
(b) Johannesburg.
(c) Old Umtali.
(d) London.

13. What time of day would Gottfried get up to go to the tobacco auctions?
(a) 7 a.m.
(b) 5 a.m.
(c) 3 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

14. With whom did Lessing talk at the Meikles Hotel Lounge?
(a) A philandering artist.
(b) A former Nazi.
(c) A committed Communist.
(d) An RAF member.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the daughters of the mothers of the1960's view sex?

2. What development in young John's life took very little effort from Lessing?

3. What did all the women assume about Lessing's marriage to Frank?

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

5. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?

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