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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 was the highest ambition of Black workers in Salisbury?
(a) To work for the telephone company.
(b) To work for the Guardian.
(c) To work for the government.
(d) To work in a White family's house.

2. Who was the Minister of Finance?
(a) Arthur Koestler.
(b) Gunther Maynard.
(c) Max Danziger.
(d) Frank Wisdom.

3. What was waiting for Lessing's last son in his crib before he was born?
(a) A pacifier.
(b) A mobile.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A teddy bear.

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

5. What does Lessing describe as another form of intoxication aside from alcohol?
(a) Her book collection.
(b) Her rebellion against her parents.
(c) Her newfound ability to earn money.
(d) Her body.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lessing describe Frank Cooper's views on the world?

2. In Chapter 12, what did Lessing do to calm down John?

3. Who did Lessing work for at this point in her life?

4. What was the primary battle between Lessing and her mother centered upon?

5. Why did Lessing begin to eat less during meals?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did John react to the birth of his little sister?

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

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

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

9. Describe Lessing's relationship with Ivy.

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

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