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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Eleven.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of Lessing's nanny?
(a) Biddy.
(b) Betsy.
(c) Betty.
(d) Beth.

2. What did Biddy O'Halloran's skin resemble?
(a) Bronze.
(b) Red jelly and cream.
(c) Peaches and cream.
(d) Olives.

3. After returning to England, where did Lessing's family settle?
(a) In Persia.
(b) In Bloomsbury.
(c) In the East End.
(d) In Southern Rhodesia.

4. Which company offered loans to the farmers in Lessing's region?
(a) Land Bank.
(b) Southern Rhodesian Farming Association.
(c) The British National Bank.
(d) The National Bank of Southern Rhodesia.

5. What type of play did Lessing write while at the Convent?
(a) A one-act Shakespearean play.
(b) An English tragedy.
(c) A Ciceronian tragedy.
(d) An Aristophanean comedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lessing, why do authors write so many biographies?

2. What kind of food were the children fed at the convent that Lessing stayed in as a child?

3. What do Lessing's parents do in preparation for their next voyage?

4. Which of the following does Lessing blame for the distrust that 20th Century people have in their governments?

5. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?

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