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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of factory stands over the shops and houses in the poor quarter of town where the old market place is located in Chapter 26?
(a) A hosiery factory.
(b) An automobile factory.
(c) A candy factory.
(d) A carpet factory.

2. Where do Ursula and Birkin stop during their train journey for half an hour for breakfast in Chapter 29?
(a) Brussels.
(b) Beldover.
(c) Basle.
(d) Bokhara.

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

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

5. The narrator says in Chapter 30 that Gudrun and Loerke “talked in a mixture of languages. The ground-work was” what?
(a) “Spanish.”
(b) “Russian.”
(c) “French.”
(d) “Polish.”

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

7. What does the following German phrase from Chapter 30 translate to in English: “Soll ich Fraulein sagen?”
(a) “I am shocked.”
(b) “You can’t be serious.”
(c) “What do you mean to say?”
(d) “Tell me the truth.”

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

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

10. Discussing Loerke, Gerald asks Gudrun in Chapter 30, “What makes you so smitten with that little” what?
(a) “Transient.”
(b) “Vermin.”
(c) “Tramp.”
(d) “Rebel.”

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

12. Who dies in the end of Women in Love?
(a) Gerald.
(b) Birkin.
(c) Ursula.
(d) Gudrun.

13. What does Gudrun teach Winifred in the novel?
(a) Piano lessons.
(b) Sewing and decorating.
(c) Drawing and sculpting.
(d) Ballet and acting.

14. What is the name of the estate belonging to the Crich family?
(a) Grasslands.
(b) Scrublands.
(c) Wetlands.
(d) Shortlands.

15. What song is Ursula persuaded to sing for the company at the inn in Chapter 29?
(a) “Bluebells of Scotland.”
(b) “Old Scotia.”
(c) “Annie Lowrie.”
(d) “Flowers ‘O the Forest.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Gerald asks Birkin if he’s ever participated in what sport in Chapter 20?

3. Where does Hermione say she will go for the winter while having tea at Birkin’s in Chapter 22?

4. 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”?

5. Where do Ursula and Birkin depart the train for their hotel in Chapter 29?

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