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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. How does Lessing describe Frank Cooper's views on the world?
(a) Disconcerting.
(b) Amusing.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) Myopic.
2. What was waiting for Lessing's last son in his crib before he was born?
(a) A teddy bear.
(b) A quilt.
(c) A mobile.
(d) A pacifier.
3. When did Gottfried Lessing arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) At the end of World War II.
(b) Immediately following the outbreak of war.
(c) After Kristallnacht.
(d) Before the outbreak of World War II.
4. What does Lessing mention as the one thing that would have stopped her from marrying Frank?
(a) Her father's admonition against making that mistake.
(b) Her mother's opposition to the marriage.
(c) Her father's support.
(d) Her mother's support.
5. In Chapter 14, what year did Lessing marry Gottfried Lessing?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1943.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?
2. To what activity does Lessing compare learning the skills of her new job?
3. In Chapter 9, which year does Lessing describe as a "make or break" year in her life?
4. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?
5. What does Lessing describe as another form of intoxication aside from alcohol?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Lessing's decision to marry Frank Wisdom.
2. In Chapter 12, how does Lessing describe her first son, John?
3. What rationale did Lessing give for her marriage to Gottfried Lessing in Chapter 14?
4. In Chapter 18, what circumstances prevented Lessing from getting much writing done?
5. In Chapter 15, what reason did Lessing give for switching law firms?
6. What did Lessing realize when she was diagnosed with Low Fever and sent to the mountains to recover?
7. When John was 9 months old, what did Lessing and Frank decide to do?
8. In Chapter 13, how did Lessing rationalize her decision to leave Frank and their two children?
9. Describe Lessing's ultimate assessment of the impact of the Communist Party in Southern Rhodesian politics.
10. What did Lessing believe to be the true cause of her father's death?
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