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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who answers the door when Birkin goes to the Brangwen home in Chapter 19?
(a) Winifred.
(b) Laura.
(c) Rosalind.
(d) Sarah.

2. What is the title of Chapter 28?
(a) “Gudrun in the Pompadour.”
(b) “Flitting.”
(c) “Sunday Evening.”
(d) “Gladiatorial.”

3. When Ursula tells Hermione that Birkin wants her to sink herself and not to have any being of her own, Hermione responds, “Then why doesn’t he marry” what?
(a) “An odalisk.”
(b) “A concubine.”
(c) “A mime.”
(d) “An invalid.”

4. With what friend does Hermione say she will stay with for the winter in Chapter 22?
(a) Diana.
(b) Palestra.
(c) Laura.
(d) Rosalind.

5. The narrator states in Chapter 30, “All these things, however, riches, pride of social standing, handsome physique, were” what?
(a) “Distractions.”
(b) “Secondary.”
(c) “Irrelevant.”
(d) “Externals.”

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

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

8. Gudrun says that Fanny Bath is “frightfully in love” with what painter in Chapter 29?
(a) Thomas Crich.
(b) Lloyd George.
(c) William Brangwen.
(d) Billy McFarlane.

9. 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) An automobile factory.
(b) A hosiery factory.
(c) A carpet factory.
(d) A candy factory.

10. Of England, Birkin says in Chapter 29, “It's a great actual unreality now, an aggregation into unreality. It might be real, if there were no” what?
(a) “Frenchmen.”
(b) “Spaniards.”
(c) “Irishmen.”
(d) “Englishmen.”

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

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

13. Gudrun tells Gerald that she will leave the inn where they have stayed for the winter when in Chapter 30?
(a) In ten days.
(b) In two days.
(c) The day after tomorrow.
(d) In three weeks.

14. What does Ursula’s father do during the argument after she announces she will get married tomorrow in Chapter 27?
(a) He storms out of the house.
(b) He gives her a kiss.
(c) He slaps her.
(d) He calls his mother.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ursula tells Gudrun in Chapter 29 that “Herr Loerke is doing a great frieze for a factory” where?

3. What is the name of the patriarch of the Brangwen family?

4. What does the following German phrase from Chapter 30 translate to in English: “Soll ich Fraulein sagen?”

5. Birkin tells Gerald in Chapter 20, “There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink,” and what?

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