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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?
(a) By staying up late.
(b) By stealing things and lying about them.
(c) By speaking disrespectfully to the nanny.
(d) By sneaking out of the cabin.

4. To which book did Lessing often compare her childhood?
(a) Toe-Rags.
(b) The Little Princess.
(c) The Jungle Book.
(d) Pride and Prejudice.

5. What year did Lessing leave Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1945.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Lessing, what happens to women as time passes?

2. Which of the following was NOT one of the things that Lessing and Frank had in common?

3. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?

4. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?

5. What was the difference between African huts and English huts?

(see the answer key)

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