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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Birkin says he’ll quit his job and live without humanity in Chapter 11, Ursula asks him if he has enough money to live on. How much does Birkin respond that he receives per year?
(a) 250 pounds.
(b) 1,200 pounds.
(c) 400 pounds.
(d) 650 pounds.

2. The groom tells the wedding guests at the reception that he was late for what reason in Chapter 2?
(a) His pants were wrinkled.
(b) He was missing a button hook.
(c) A dog stole his tie.
(d) His shoes needed shining.

3. What word from Chapter 9 refers to a coalmine, including all the buildings and equipment?
(a) Catalytic.
(b) Colliery.
(c) Carabineer.
(d) Minstrel.

4. What is the name of the electrician that Gudrun befriends at the market in Chapter 9?
(a) Palmer.
(b) Lloyd.
(c) Birkin.
(d) Billy.

5. What is Halliday’s first name in the novel?
(a) Julius.
(b) Maxim.
(c) Basil.
(d) Hasan.

Short Answer Questions

1. The electrician that Gudrun meets in the market on Friday night in Chapter 9 is described as “a scientist with a passion for” what?

2. By what name does Birkin introduce Pussum in Chapter 6?

3. 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?

4. What kind of flowers does Birkin send out floating across the pond in Chapter 11?

5. Rupert Birkin keeps rooms in what town because most of his work lay chiefly there in Chapter 5?

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