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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ursula tells Gudrun in Chapter 29 that “Herr Loerke is doing a great frieze for a factory” where?
(a) “In Cologne.”
(b) “In Brussels.”
(c) “In Paris.”
(d) “In Florence.”

2. What is the title of Chapter 27?
(a) “A Chair.”
(b) “Flitting.”
(c) “Rabbit.”
(d) “Crème de Menthe.”

3. What is the title of Chapter 23?
(a) “Sunday Evening.”
(b) “The Industrial Magnate.”
(c) “Excurse.”
(d) “Crème de Menthe.”

4. Of Herr Loerke, the narrator says in Chapter 30, “He hated Mestrovic, was not satisfied with” whom?
(a) “The Absurdists.”
(b) “The Surrealists.”
(c) “The Dadaists.”
(d) “The Futurists.”

5. What is the title of Chapter 26?
(a) “A Chair.”
(b) “Diver.”
(c) “Sketch-Book.”
(d) “Fetish.”

6. Ursula tells Hermione in Chapter 22, “I think it is degrading not to be” what?
(a) “Curious.”
(b) “Informed.”
(c) “Opinionated.”
(d) “Happy.”

7. Where does the narrator say Birkin went for a time after recovering from his illness in Chapter 19?
(a) The south of France.
(b) The west of Sweden.
(c) The east of Germany.
(d) The north of Poland.

8. What gemstone does Ursula worry is unlucky in Chapter 23?
(a) Garnet.
(b) Ruby.
(c) Sapphire.
(d) Opal.

9. Of Gerald, the narrator states in Chapter 25, “There was a numbness upon him, a numbness either of unborn, absent volition, or of” what?
(a) “Vulgarity.”
(b) “Sensuality.”
(c) “Atrophy.”
(d) “Masculinity.”

10. Where do Ursula and Birkin depart the train for their hotel in Chapter 29?
(a) Florence.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Hohenhausen.
(d) Basle.

11. What sport is Gerald said to love but that Gudrun does not practice in Chapter 30?
(a) Skiing.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Tennis.
(d) Ice skating.

12. Birkin tells Gerald that he’s like whom in Chapter 25 because he argues the concept of marriage like a lawyer?
(a) King George.
(b) Lord Bacon.
(c) Francis Scott Key.
(d) Andrew Walker.

13. After Gudrun announces to Loerke that she and Gerald aren’t married in Chapter 30, Gerald gets up and goes to discuss what writer and artist?
(a) Picasso.
(b) Goethe.
(c) Mozart.
(d) Shakespeare.

14. What two words does the narrator say that from Ursula always drove her father mad in Chapter 27?
(a) “Why not?”
(b) “Let’s pray.”
(c) “I’m right.”
(d) “Over here.”

15. Who does the Professor at the inn say “was giving us a recitation in the Cologne dialect” in Chapter 29?
(a) Gerald.
(b) Birkin.
(c) Basil.
(d) Herr Loerke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sport does Birkin show Gerald the basic moves of in Chapter 20?

2. By what nickname does Gudrun frequently call her sister in the novel?

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 29, Ursula had not felt herself after the meeting with her parents and “did not really come to until she was on the ship crossing from Dover to” where?

4. What does Ursula bring to Birkin when she walks back to the car after storming off in Chapter 23?

5. Who dies in the end of Women in Love?

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