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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Lessing state as signifying the end of any war?
(a) Negotiations.
(b) Armistice.
(c) Military defeat.
(d) Total victory.

2. Which of the following historic examples does Lessing use to support her claims about human nature?
(a) The Crusades.
(b) The Reformation.
(c) The Holocaust.
(d) The Renaissance.

3. Why did Lessing learn to drive?
(a) Lessing learned to drive because she wanted to work in town.
(b) Lessing learned to drive because of her father's awkward leg.
(c) Lessing learned to drive to displease her mother.
(d) Lessing learned to drive because she wanted independence.

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

5. Where did Lessing's father work after he was discharged from the Army?
(a) The Scotland Yard.
(b) National Hospital of England.
(c) Imperial Bank of Persia.
(d) A small farm in Rhodesia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which company offered loans to the farmers in Lessing's region?

2. Where did Lessing's family live before they found property?

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

4. What stove brand did Lessing's family use?

5. When did Lessing experiment with drugs?

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