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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Twenty and Twenty-One.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was it especially dangerous for Gottfried to carry on an affair?
(a) Because he was a career criminal.
(b) Because he was a high-ranking official.
(c) Because he was an enemy alien.
(d) Because he was a married man.

2. How many bouts of illness did Lessing's family experience?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

3. What does Lessing say about memory?
(a) Memory cannot be trusted.
(b) Memory must be recorded in books.
(c) Memory is a careless and lazy organ.
(d) Memory is an astonishing record.

4. What did Lessing refuse to have on her bed at night?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A kaross.
(c) A quilt.
(d) A mosquito net.

5. What did Biddy O'Halloran's skin resemble?
(a) Peaches and cream.
(b) Red jelly and cream.
(c) Bronze.
(d) Olives.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lessing describe the letters that she received from her mother?

2. To which of the following illnesses did Lessing's brother often succumb?

3. What was Lessing's wage when she worked as a junior typist?

4. What method of birth control had Lessing been using?

5. At what age did Emily McVeagh die?

(see the answer key)

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