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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 16, which part of Esther and Kurt's house was exclusively Esther's?
(a) The sewing room.
(b) The laundry room.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) The garden.

2. Which of Lessing's books began at that time in her life?
(a) Landlocked.
(b) The Cleft.
(c) Going Home.
(d) Martha Quest.

3. When did Lessing and Frank decide to have another child?
(a) When John was 9 months old.
(b) When John was 4 years old.
(c) When John was 9 years old.
(d) When John was 2 years old.

4. To which of the following areas did Lessing travel?
(a) London.
(b) Capetown.
(c) Umtali.
(d) Salisbury.

5. Which group was beginning to infiltrate Salisbury?
(a) The British Navy.
(b) The U.S. Army.
(c) The Nazis.
(d) The RAF.

6. In Chapter 19, what was the white population of Salisbury?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 10,000.
(d) 1,500.

7. Which book on the experience of Communism does Lessing cite in this chapter?
(a) The Communist Manifesto.
(b) Darkness at Noon.
(c) Das Kapital.
(d) Stalin's journals.

8. Why did Lessing remain on the farm when her father was taken to the hospital in Salisbury?
(a) Lessing did not want to accompany her parents.
(b) There was an incubator of eggs that were waiting to hatch.
(c) Lessing had fought with her mother earlier that day.
(d) Lessing's brother, Harry needed to be watched.

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

10. What skills did Lessing teach herself during that year?
(a) Cooking and cleaning.
(b) Reading and writing.
(c) Speed typing and shorthand.
(d) Sewing and darning.

11. What type of culture existed in Southern Rhodesia?
(a) A drinking culture.
(b) A racially-integrated culture.
(c) A smoking culture.
(d) A sexually permissive culture.

12. What was Lessing's wage when she worked as a junior typist?
(a) £12 a day.
(b) £12 a week.
(c) £12 a month.
(d) £12 a year.

13. How old was Jean in the scene that Lessing describes in this chapter?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 15 weeks.
(d) 15 months.

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

15. In Chapter 15, whom did Lessing find drinking wine with Gottfried?
(a) Frank Wisdom.
(b) Dorothy Schwartz.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Simon Pines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Frank and Lessing go on their honeymoon?

2. What did Lessing's father assume when she and Frank showed up at the family farm?

3. What affliction struck all members of Lessing's family except her?

4. What was the highest ambition of Black workers in Salisbury?

5. How did Lessing feel about World War II at that time?

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