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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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 she was in love.
(c) Lessing's father assumed that Lessing had finally settled down.
(d) Lessing's father assumed that Frank was interested in the family's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many eggs did Lessing attend to on the farm?

2. What did Lessing's landlady think about her stream of visitors?

3. What does Lessing describe as another form of intoxication aside from alcohol?

4. In Chapter 11, where did Lessing work?

5. Where did the young people in Lessing's circles get their beer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lessing believe to be the true cause of her father's death?

2. Why did Lessing direct her focus on the Communist ideas that she was developing in this chapter instead of focusing on the events of her life?

3. Ultimately, why did Lessing think that she and Gottfried were mismatched?

4. Describe the letter Lessing received from her mother in Chapter 9.

5. Describe Lessing's ultimate assessment of the impact of the Communist Party in Southern Rhodesian politics.

6. In Chapter 12, how does Lessing describe her first son, John?

7. When John was 9 months old, what did Lessing and Frank decide to do?

8. What conditions did Lessing ponder as possible circumstances that would have changed her views on Communism?

9. Describe the beginning of Lessing's relationship with Gottfried.

10. Describe Lessing's decision to marry Frank Wisdom.

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