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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. How many years older is Clara than Paul?

2. Why does Paul stop seeing Miriam so much?

3. What distracts Paul at the Sarah Bernhardt performance?

4. How does Paul feel toward Clara when he sees her at Miriam's house?

5. Who beats up Paul in Nottingham?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mrs. Morel think about Clara?

3. How does Miriam react to Paul's discussion of marriage in the chapter, "The Test on Miriam"?

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

5. Why does Paul have low self-esteem?

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

7. Why does Miriam believe that Paul has broken up with her?

8. In Clara's opinion, what does Paul feel for her?

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

10. What are the results of Paul's first place win at the art exhibition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What elements of irony are present in Sons and Lovers?

Essay Topic 2

What is the significance of the title Sons and Lovers to the novel's plot?

Essay Topic 3

What is significant about the novel being written in the third person omniscient point of view? Why does the author choose to write the novel this way?

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