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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of dress was Lessing wearing in the scene that she describes?
(a) Grey silk.
(b) Black velvet.
(c) Green satin.
(d) Red velvet.

3. In Chapter 12, what did Lessing do to calm down John?
(a) She took John for walks in the pram.
(b) She sang nursery rhymes to him.
(c) She laid him on his back on the carpet.
(d) She read stories of animals to him.

4. What kind of food were the children fed at the convent that Lessing stayed in as a child?
(a) Traditional Rhodesian food.
(b) German peasant food.
(c) French peasant food.
(d) English peasant food.

5. How did Lessing's mother cure Lessing's lice problem?
(a) With expensive shampoo.
(b) By washing her hair with scalding hot water.
(c) By shaving her head.
(d) With paraffin.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Lessing board as a child?

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

3. What were young women specifically cautioned against in London during that period?

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

5. How much capital did Lessing's father take to Southern Rhodesia?

(see the answer key)

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