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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Ursula and Rupert Birkin take a punt to the island of the pond in Chapter 11, he says of the “jungle of rank plants,” “I shall mow this down, and then it will be romantic—like” what?
(a) “Odysseus and Penelope.”
(b) “Paul et Virginie.”
(c) “Romeo and Juliet.”
(d) “Cleopatra and Marc Anthony.”

2. What sport does Birkin show Gerald the basic moves of in Chapter 20?
(a) Jiu-jitsu.
(b) Cricket.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Kayaking.

3. Where does Birkin day the Pompadour is located in Chapter 5?
(a) Sherwood Forest.
(b) Piccadilly Circus.
(c) Southwell Minster.
(d) Dresden.

4. Rupert Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 11, “Man is one of the mistakes of creation—like” what?
(a) “The Phoenix.”
(b) “The Cyclops.”
(c) “The ichthyosauri.”
(d) “The tyrannosaurus.”

5. While riding on the train to London, Gerald Crich asks Rupert Birkin where he will stay in the city. Birkin replies he will stay with a friend where in Chapter 5?
(a) In Soho.
(b) In Westminster.
(c) In Noho.
(d) In Cambridge.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I hate ecstasy, Dionysic or any other. It's like going round in” what?

3. How is the horse described that Gerald Crich is riding when he meets Ursula and Gudrun by the railroad tracks in Chapter 9?

4. What kind of sandwiches do Ursula and Gudrun eat during their picnic by the lake in Chapter 14?

5. What does Winifred fret over giving Gudrun when she arrives in Chapter 21?

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