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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What development in young John's life took very little effort from Lessing?
(a) Crawling.
(b) Speaking.
(c) Walking
(d) Toilet training.

2. Who stated that children should play in mud?
(a) Lessing's mother.
(b) Montessori.
(c) Lessing's father.
(d) Mrs. Scott.

3. During the 1930's what did Lessing and her brother hear all of the adults discussing?
(a) The Slump.
(b) The War.
(c) The Native Problem.
(d) The Empire.

4. Which of the following names does Lessing give the personality that would comes out of her while under the influence of drugs?
(a) The Guide.
(b) The Cynic.
(c) The Hostess.
(d) The Recluse.

5. What had Lessing become after attending meetings with Dorothy?
(a) A rebel.
(b) A Democrat.
(c) A Communist.
(d) A Fascist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lessing describe as another form of intoxication aside from alcohol?

2. Who vouched for Gottfried Lessing to get him out of jail?

3. Which of the following did Lessing delight in telling the other children at the school?

4. What did Sonny Jameson borrow from Lessing?

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

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