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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What material did the original artist of the painting use on the nobles' clothes?

2. What does Birkin realize after thinking about the part of the painting that is incomplete?

3. About how tall does Birkin think the painter must have been?

4. What does Birkin do when Alice does not show up in church on Sunday morning?

5. How does Birkin think the painter died?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Keach try to give Birkin the day after Birkin tells Alice she is attractive? How does Birkin respond?

2. Describe how Birkin feels the last time he views the painting?

3. Where do Moon and Birkin go to visit Mossop? What do they do there? What do they eat afterward?

4. What part of the painting does the painter leave unfilled? What are Birkin's speculation regarding this situation?

5. What song does Birkin sing that upsets Mrs. Ellerbeck and why is she upset about it.

6. How does the artist of the original painting that Birkin is uncovering differentiate between the different castes portrayed?

7. Describe the conversation that Alice and Birkin have regarding the existence of hell.

8. Why does Birkin go to preach at Barton Ferry? What does he talk about from the pulpit?

9. What does Birkin do when Alice is not in church? What conclusion does he come to regarding her whereabouts?

10. What physical characteristics does Birkin claim the painter has? How does he know these details?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay examining the influence of the war on the novel and on the individual characters.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay examining how setting influences the characters in the novel. How are the characters connected to the world outside of Oxgodby?

Essay Topic 3

Birkin and Alice develop the metaphor of a puzzle for uncovering the painting. Write an essay examining this metaphor. What does it do for the novel? Do you think it is an apt metaphor? Why or why not?

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