African

Question 1

Nadine Gordimer

Answer 1

African
From South Africa. Gordimer’s works deal with the moral and psychological tensions of her racially divided home country. She was a founding member of Congress of South African Writers, and even at the height of the apartheid regime, she never considered going into exile.

Question 2

Doris Lessing

Answer 2

(African) Born in Iran but grew up and became politically active in Uganda and Rhodesia (in Africa). ETS asks questions that ask you to link Lessing to Africa. She also was a member of the Communist Party.