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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it especially dangerous for Gottfried to carry on an affair?
(a) Because he was a married man.
(b) Because he was a career criminal.
(c) Because he was a high-ranking official.
(d) Because he was an enemy alien.

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

3. Which book on the experience of Communism does Lessing cite in this chapter?
(a) Darkness at Noon.
(b) Das Kapital.
(c) Stalin's journals.
(d) The Communist Manifesto.

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

5. What kind of dress was Lessing wearing in the scene that she describes?
(a) Grey silk.
(b) Green satin.
(c) Black velvet.
(d) Red velvet.

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

7. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?
(a) Because the clothing that would arrive for her was always too small.
(b) Lessing wanted to foil her mother's attempts to feed the family well.
(c) Lessing's mother told her to try to lose weight.
(d) Lessing wanted to impress a farm assistant.

8. What does Lessing mention as the one thing that would have stopped her from marrying Frank?
(a) Her mother's opposition to the marriage.
(b) Her mother's support.
(c) Her father's admonition against making that mistake.
(d) Her father's support.

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

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

11. 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.

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

13. Who is the central character of Lessing's "The Good Terrorist"- a book that Lessing references in this chapter?
(a) Ivy.
(b) Jamie.
(c) Rachel.
(d) Alice.

14. In Chapter 15, whom did Lessing find drinking wine with Gottfried?
(a) Dorothy Schwartz.
(b) Frank Wisdom.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Simon Pines.

15. Which of the following was NOT a language commonly spoken in the Lessing home?
(a) German.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Russian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Minister of Finance?

2. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?

3. Where did Lessing and Gottfried go with friends?

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

5. Which activity did Lessing both love and hate?

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