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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 long has Miriam known Paul in "Passion"?

2. Which character does Paul love completely in the chapter, "Baxter Dawes"?

3. Where does Baxter move?

4. How does Paul break up with Miriam?

5. Where does Baxter work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Paul love in the chapter, "Baxter Dawes"?

2. Why and how does Clara's mother confide in Paul?

3. What are Paul's feelings when he is at the seaside?

4. Why has Clara left her husband?

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

6. What does Mrs. Morel think about Clara?

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

8. What does Clara convince Paul about Miriam in the chapter, "Clara"?

9. Why does Mrs. Morel dissuade Paul and Miriam's relationship?

10. How does Paul begin to feel about Clara in the chapter, "Defeat of Miriam"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is class structure an important theme in the novel? What part of the class structure is each character a part of, and why?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Paul's attraction to both Miriam and Clara.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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