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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Birkin tells Gerald in Chapter 25, “One should avoid this HOME instinct. It’s not an instinct, it’s a habit of” what?
(a) “Familiarity.”
(b) “Cowardliness.”
(c) “Distraction.”
(d) “Comfort.”

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

3. By what nickname does Mr. Crich call Winifred in Chapter 21?
(a) Fishy.
(b) Froggy.
(c) Birdie.
(d) Kitty.

4. 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?
(a) Ostend.
(b) Beldover.
(c) Breadalby.
(d) Aix.

5. The funeral for Mr. Crich is described as being what in Chapter 24?
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Plaguing.
(c) Detestable.
(d) Bewildering.

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

7. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I hate ecstasy, Dionysic or any other. It's like going round in” what?
(a) “A Ferris wheel.”
(b) “A car tire.”
(c) “A squirrel cage.”
(d) “A bathtub drain.”

8. 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 Polka.
(b) The Landler.
(c) The Waltz.
(d) The Schuhplatteln.

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

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

11. What is the title of Chapter 21?
(a) “Threshold.”
(b) “The Industrial Magnate.”
(c) “Sketch-Book.”
(d) “Death and Love.”

12. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I wouldn't give a straw for your female ego—it's” what?
(a) “Insignificant.”
(b) “A rag doll.”
(c) “Rubbish.”
(d) “A gentle flower.”

13. Gerald says his black and green silk robe was a caftan where in Chapter 20?
(a) Peru.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Bokhara.
(d) Israel.

14. What does Ursula bring to Birkin when she walks back to the car after storming off in Chapter 23?
(a) A leaf.
(b) A pinecone.
(c) A flower.
(d) A stone.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of Herr Loerke, the narrator says in Chapter 30, “He hated Mestrovic, was not satisfied with” whom?

2. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 26, “Now my rooms at the Mill are quite complete, I want them” where?

3. How many rings does Birkin give to Ursula when he asks her to take a drive with him in Chapter 23?

4. 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?

5. What is the name of Herr Loerke’s companion that asks Gudrun to dance at the inn in Chapter 29?

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