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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. Who vouched for Gottfried Lessing to get him out of jail?
(a) Frank Wisdom.
(b) Margaret Morgan.
(c) Doris Lessing.
(d) Howe-Ely.

2. What did Lessing do while she spent her days with John?
(a) Lessing pined for simpler days.
(b) Lessing planned her escape from domestic life.
(c) Lessing wrote poems in her mind.
(d) Lessing entertained wild fantasies.

3. Why did Kurt and Esther refuse to attend meetings?
(a) Because they felt that the meetings were childish.
(b) Because they had learned not to speak out politically.
(c) Because they were afraid of being deported.
(d) Because they could not find a party meeting that appealed to them to attend.

4. Where did Frank and Lessing go on their honeymoon?
(a) Umtali.
(b) London.
(c) Capetown.
(d) Beira.

5. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?
(a) Lessing had fought with her mother earlier that day.
(b) There was an incubator of eggs that were waiting to hatch.
(c) Lessing did not want to accompany her parents.
(d) Lessing's brother, Harry needed to be watched.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Portuguese woman give to Lessing?

3. In Chapter 13, who did Lessing encounter in the street?

4. How many jobs was Gottfried working?

5. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What rationale did Lessing give for her marriage to Gottfried Lessing in Chapter 14?

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

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

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

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

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

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