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

2. Which activity did Lessing both love and hate?
(a) Tea parties.
(b) Walking John in the pram.
(c) Knitting.
(d) Nursing John.

3. Where did Lessing and Gottfried go with friends?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Egypt.
(c) Zimbabwe.
(d) Tunisia.

4. How many eggs did Lessing attend to on the farm?
(a) 88.
(b) 72.
(c) 64.
(d) 7.

5. To which of the following areas did Lessing travel?
(a) London.
(b) Umtali.
(c) Salisbury.
(d) Capetown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which book on the experience of Communism does Lessing cite in this chapter?

2. What affliction struck all members of Lessing's family except her?

3. Who was the Minister of Finance?

4. What time of day would Gottfried get up to go to the tobacco auctions?

5. Where did Kurt claim his real education occurred?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In Chapter 13, how did Lessing rationalize her decision to leave Frank and their two children?

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

5. Describe the feeling that Lessing had before she left Frank.

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

7. Discuss Lessing's mini-vacation to Capetown.

8. Describe Lessing's reaction to the end of World War II.

9. Describe Lessing's entrance into love and romance as she describes it in Chapter 10.

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

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