View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ursula refers to a robin that she and her sister encounter on their walk in Chapter 19 as a little who “of the air”?
(a) Lloyd George.
(b) King Peter.
(c) Saint Paul.
(d) Saint Peter.

2. What kind of flowers does Birkin send out floating across the pond in Chapter 11?
(a) Roses.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Irises.
(d) Poppies.

3. How does Gerald say he injured his hand in Chapter 14?
(a) Playing croquet.
(b) He fell down a flight of stairs.
(c) A horse bit it.
(d) He caught it in some machinery.

4. What kind of sandwiches do Ursula and Gudrun eat during their picnic by the lake in Chapter 14?
(a) Roast beef.
(b) Tuna with lettuce.
(c) Ham and cheese.
(d) Cucumber and caviar.

5. What is the name of the servant who accompanies Winifred when she meets Gudrun in Chapter 18?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Miss Inglis.
(c) Laura.
(d) Rosalind.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says of Birkin in Chapter 16, “He wanted sex to revert to the level of the other appetites, to be regarded as a functional process, not as” what?

2. What word from Chapter 15 means adverse in tendency or effect; unfriendly; hostile?

3. What song does Ursula sing after she and Gudrun finish their tea-picnic by the lake in Chapter 14?

4. How long does Pussum say she’s known she was pregnant when speaking with Gerald in Chapter 6?

5. Of Birkin, the narrator says in Chapter 16 that he hated what “even worse than marriage”?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 250 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample