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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following illnesses did Lessing's family battle?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Gout.
(c) Influenza.
(d) Small Pox.

2. How many family members went to visit Lessing's house in Persia?
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

3. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?
(a) 35.
(b) 42.
(c) 32.
(d) 23.

4. In Chapter 3, which of the following does Lessing describe as her first memory?
(a) Her father returning from war.
(b) An image of the farm in Southern Rhodesia.
(c) Her father, towering above her on a horse.
(d) An image of the great house in Persia.

5. To which of the following does Lessing compare writers?
(a) Archaeologists.
(b) Liars.
(c) Pegs on which to hang ideas.
(d) Ventriloquists, casting a message from afar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following drugs does Lessing admit to having taken once?

2. How many acres of land did James Tayler own in 1851?

3. What did Lessing's father think of his Persian business partners?

4. After returning to England, where did Lessing's family settle?

5. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?

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