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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long before this book was written did Europeans arrive in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) 23 years.
(b) 54 years.
(c) 34 years.
(d) 103 years.

2. According to Lessing, what is the most intense form of hatred?
(a) The hatred of the disillusioned soldier.
(b) The rage of a child.
(c) Stereotyping.
(d) The racially-motivated hatred of post-colonial Africa.

3. Where was Doris Lessing born?
(a) Kermanshah, Persia.
(b) London, England.
(c) Southern Rhodesia.
(d) Glasgow, Scotland.

4. What remained unaffected by the Lessings' existence for 20 years?
(a) The bush.
(b) The natives.
(c) The trees.
(d) The wildcats.

5. How many biographers were writing about Lessing at the time that she wrote the book?
(a) Eight.
(b) Two.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many trek oxen hauled the wagon carrying Lessing's family?

2. Why did Lessing's father miss the Battle of the Somme?

3. How did Lessing rebel while aboard the ship?

4. What does Lessing say about memory?

5. How many adults lived in the Persian house while Lessing was growing up?

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