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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 is the name of Mrs. Morel's 4th child?

2. What does Mr. Morel throw at his wife's head?

3. What is Annie's job?

4. What type of meetings does Mrs. Morel begin to attend?

5. Why does Mrs. Morel need Mr. Morel to stay?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Paul break Annie's dolls and set them on fire?

2. Describe the Leiver family.

3. Describe Nottinghamshire and The Bottoms.

4. Why does Mrs. Morel dislike William's girlfriend, Lily?

5. How is Arthur described as being similar to his father?

6. Why doesn't Mrs. Morel accept Mr. Morel's apology for locking her out of the house?

7. How does Mrs. Morel feel about her baby when it is born?

8. What causes Mr. and Mrs. Morel's relationship to recover slightly in "The Casting Off of Morel"?

9. Why is Mr. Morel upset that William has an office job?

10. Describe the feelings that Paul and Miriam have for each other, and why in "Lad-and-Girl Love".

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the significance of England as a setting in Sons and Lovers. How does the setting play a direct role in the lives of the characters? Could the setting for the novel be another country?

Essay Topic 2

D. H. Lawrence uses a literary reference to Edgar Allen Poe in Sons and Lovers. What is the purpose of using this particular literary reference? How does it contribute to the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What elements of irony are present in Sons and Lovers?

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