View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Kurt ask Esther not to use?
(a) Communism.
(b) Superior.
(c) Fatherland.
(d) Blood.

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

3. According to Lessing, what tactic did the armies use to make killing easier?
(a) Long-distance weapons.
(b) Vague meetings on military idealism.
(c) Aerial raids on villages.
(d) Derogatory epithets and dehumanizing language.

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

5. How old was Jean in the scene that Lessing describes in this chapter?
(a) 15 weeks.
(b) 15 months.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 5 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, which part of Esther and Kurt's house was exclusively Esther's?

2. What aspect of her childhood determined that Lessing would never separate herself from politics?

3. Who vouched for Gottfried Lessing to get him out of jail?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lessing respond to increasing unhappiness with her marital and home situation?

2. In Chapter 19, what does Lessing describe as the smartest decision that she ever made?

3. In Chapter 18, what circumstances prevented Lessing from getting much writing done?

4. In Chapter 15, what reason did Lessing give for switching law firms?

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

6. How did Lessing support herself when she no longer lived with her parents?

7. What became of the three husbands who enlisted to fight Hitler?

8. How did Lessing describe Kurt in Chapter 16?

9. What did Lessing realize when she was diagnosed with Low Fever and sent to the mountains to recover?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 767 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample