2. The following phrase from Chapter 29 is an example of what literary technique: “golden like honey of darkness”?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Simile.
(d) Literary allusion.

3. The narrator states in Chapter 30, “When Ursula had gone, Gudrun felt her own existence had become” what?
(a) “Bright and free.”
(b) “Raw and sensitive.”
(c) “Stark and elemental.”
(d) “Lonely and mournful.”

4. What is the title of Chapter 24?
(a) “Sketch-Book.”
(b) “Gladiatorial.”
(c) “Excurse.”
(d) “Death and Love.”

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

6. How many rings does Birkin give to Ursula when he asks her to take a drive with him in Chapter 23?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

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

8. Why does Hermione say she’s been away in Chapter 22?
(a) To see her father.
(b) To get married.
(c) For her health.
(d) To perform in a play.

9. At whose home does Gudrun ask Birkin to stop so she can drop the key off in Chapter 27?
(a) The Peters’.
(b) The Coulsons’.
(c) The Mulleys’.
(d) The Andersons’.

10. What does Winifred fret over giving Gudrun when she arrives in Chapter 21?
(a) A plate of food.
(b) A cup of tea.
(c) A bouquet of flowers.
(d) A book of poetry.

11. What dance is described in Chapter 29 as “the Tyrolese dance of the clapping hands and tossing the partner in the air at the crisis”?
(a) The Schuhplatteln.
(b) The Waltz.
(c) The Landler.
(d) The Polka.

12. Where do Gudrun and Gerald set off for, where they will meet Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 28?
(a) Arundel.
(b) Innsbruck.
(c) Hohenhausen.
(d) Derbyshire.

13. Where do Ursula and Birkin drive to have high tea in Chapter 23?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Southwell Minster.
(c) Florence.
(d) Piccadilly Circus.

14. 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) “Sensuality.”
(b) “Masculinity.”
(c) “Vulgarity.”
(d) “Atrophy.”

15. Gudrun states in Chapter 30, “Of course, life doesn’t really matter – it’s one’s” what “which is central”?
(a) “Experiences.”
(b) “Religion.”
(c) “Art.”
(d) “Feelings.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what historical figure does Gudrun think in Chapter 30, “must have been an artist; she reaped the essential from a man, she harvested the ultimate sensation, and threw away the husk”?

2. According to the author in Chapter 26, there was a jumble in the old market place in town every afternoon on what day of the week?

3. Where is Gudrun away having a showing of her work in the beginning of Chapter 21?

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

5. Gudrun tells Gerald that she will leave the inn where they have stayed for the winter when in Chapter 30?

(see the answer keys)

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