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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of Ursula and Gudrun in the novel?
(a) Crich.
(b) Coulson.
(c) Bradley.
(d) Brangwen.

2. What kinds of birds are in cages around the kitchen at the mill in Chapter 12?
(a) Canaries.
(b) Jays.
(c) Kestrels.
(d) Hummingbirds.

3. When Birkin says he’ll quit his job and live without humanity in Chapter 11, Ursula asks him if he has enough money to live on. How much does Birkin respond that he receives per year?
(a) 650 pounds.
(b) 1,200 pounds.
(c) 250 pounds.
(d) 400 pounds.

4. What kind of sandwiches do Ursula and Gudrun eat during their picnic by the lake in Chapter 14?
(a) Ham and cheese.
(b) Cucumber and caviar.
(c) Roast beef.
(d) Tuna with lettuce.

5. What is the name of the man that Hermione is courted by in the beginning of the novel?
(a) William Brangwen.
(b) Rupert Birkin.
(c) Billy McFarlane.
(d) Lloyd George.

Short Answer Questions

1. The woman who sells honey to Gudrun in Chapter 17 tells her that she left being a servant in the Crich household when Gerald was how old?

2. Where does Gudrun tell Gerald she had a canoe before at the party in Chapter 14?

3. When Ursula and Rupert Birkin take a punt to the island of the pond in Chapter 11, he says of the “jungle of rank plants,” “I shall mow this down, and then it will be romantic—like” what?

4. When Gerald awakens to find Halliday and others sitting naked by the fire in Chapter 7, he compares Halliday as being “like Christ in a” what?

5. Birkin tells Gerald in Chapter 16 that his sister shouldn’t be sent away to school because only what kind of children should be sent to school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ursula’s demeanor change after the Crich party in Chapter 15?

2. Who visits Ursula’s classroom in Chapter 3? Why?

3. What do Birkin and Gerald discuss regarding Winifred in Chapter 16?

4. Why does Gudrun punch Gerald in the face in Chapter 14? What does this action signify in the narrative?

5. What thoughts consume Birkin as he remains ill and at home in the beginning of Chapter 16?

6. What dispute takes place regarding “love” between Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 13?

7. What changes does Gerald make in his father’s business in Chapter 17?

8. Who falls into the lake at the Crich party in Chapter 14? What is the outcome of this situation?

9. What takes place at the party at Breadalby after dinner in Chapter 8?

10. What physical conflict takes place between Hermione and Birkin in Chapter 8?

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