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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rupert Birkin keeps rooms in what town because most of his work lay chiefly there in Chapter 5?
(a) Breadalby.
(b) Nottingham.
(c) Derbyshire.
(d) Beldover.

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

3. What word from Chapter 15 means pertaining to time or concerned with the worldly?
(a) Temporal.
(b) Iridescent.
(c) Conclave.
(d) Denouement.

4. Gerald Crich’s mother is repeatedly compared to what type of bird in Chapter 17?
(a) A turkey.
(b) A sparrow.
(c) An owl.
(d) A hawk.

5. The woman who sells honey to Gudrun in Chapter 17 tells her that she left being a servant in the Crich household when Gerald was how old?
(a) 5 and a half years old.
(b) 4 years old.
(c) 1 and a half years old.
(d) 3 years old.

6. Pussum tells Gerald when they meet in Chapter 6 that she’s not afraid of anything except for what?
(a) Gray sharks.
(b) Black beetles.
(c) Brown bats.
(d) Red spiders.

7. What word from Chapter 15 means adverse in tendency or effect; unfriendly; hostile?
(a) Pandemic.
(b) Verity.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Inimical.

8. Breadalby is described as a house of what architectural style?
(a) Georgian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Greek.
(d) Japanese.

9. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) “Gudrun in the Pompadour.”
(b) “Fetish.”
(c) “Crème de Menthe.”
(d) “Sunday Evening.”

10. Who do Gudrun and Ursula go to in Willey Green to buy honey from in Chapter 17?
(a) Miss Bradley.
(b) Miss Inglis.
(c) Mrs. Kirk.
(d) Mrs. Salmon.

11. Gudrun asks Gerald in Chapter 14 if he’s ever been on a steamer from Westminster Bridge to where?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Beldover.
(d) Derbyshire.

12. Where does the wedding reception take place in Chapter 2?
(a) Wetlands.
(b) Highlands.
(c) Shortlands.
(d) Drylands.

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

14. What city does Gudrun consider to be “dry, and essentially boring” in Chapter 17?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Brussels.
(c) Innsbruck.
(d) Paris.

15. Who is described in Chapter 8 as “a learned, dry Baronet of fifty, who was always making witticisms and laughing at them heartily in a harsh, horse-laugh”?
(a) Miss Bradley.
(b) Miss Inglis.
(c) Mrs. Varley.
(d) Mrs. Salmon.

Short Answer Questions

1. Both Gudrun and Ursula wear dresses of what color crepe to the water-party in Chapter 14?

2. 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?

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

4. What is the name of Birkin’s friend who has a crowd of hangers-on in London?

5. Birkin says in Chapter 16 that “every true artist is the salvation of” what?

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