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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 unlikely friendship forms in the chapter, "The Release"?
(a) Miriam and Annie.
(b) Miriam and Clara.
(c) Mirian and Mrs. Morel.
(d) Paul and Baxter.

2. Why does Paul take Mrs. Morel to the city?
(a) To go to a doctor's appointment.
(b) To see a distant cousin.
(c) To shop.
(d) To see Arthur.

3. What place does Paul's work win in the exhibition?
(a) 4th.
(b) 1st.
(c) 3rd.
(d) 2nd.

4. Why does Paul stop seeing Miriam so much?
(a) He doesn't find her attractive.
(b) He doesn't want to encourage her.
(c) He doesn't want to spend time with somebody he has to teach.
(d) He thinks she deserves somebody better.

5. Who does Paul begin to spend the most time with at Leiver farm?
(a) Edgar.
(b) Clara.
(c) Miriam.
(d) Miriam's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mrs. Morel spend her days now that she is very ill?

2. Who is the most upset about Paul staying the night at Clara's home?

3. What does Miriam say to Paul about marriage when they visit at her grandmother's cottage?

4. What happens to Mrs. Morel's health as her life becomes more stressful?

5. Who does Paul decide to devote more time to in "Passion"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the cause of Paul breaking up with Miriam in the chapter, "The Test on Miriam"?

2. How does Paul change as Mrs. Morel gets sicker in the chapter, "The Release"?

3. What does Mrs. Morel think about Clara?

4. Why does Paul have low self-esteem?

5. How is Mrs. Morel's health related to Paul's emotions?

6. Why does Mrs. Morel blame the burned bread on Miriam's presence at the house?

7. Describe Clara Dawes when Paul meets her for the first time.

8. What causes Clara to feel concern for Baxter Dawes?

9. Why does D. H. Lawrence build sexual tension between Paul and Clara?

10. Why has Clara left her husband?

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