View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Ursula refers to a robin that she and her sister encounter on their walk in Chapter 19 as a little who “of the air”?
(a) Lloyd George.
(b) Saint Paul.
(c) King Peter.
(d) Saint Peter.

3. Herr Loerke says in Chapter 30, “The English, I thought they were so” what?
(a) “Stupid.”
(b) “Intelligent.”
(c) “Warm.”
(d) “Cold.”

4. 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) “Comfort.”
(c) “Cowardliness.”
(d) “Distraction.”

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

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

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

8. What is the title of Chapter 20?
(a) “Gladiatorial.”
(b) “Gudrun in the Pompadour.”
(c) “Crème de Menthe.”
(d) “Sunday Evening.”

9. Where does Hermione say she will go for the winter while having tea at Birkin’s in Chapter 22?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Arundel.
(c) Florence.
(d) Derbyshire.

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

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

12. Ursula’s father is described in Chapter 19 as being nearly what age?
(a) 80.
(b) 50.
(c) 65.
(d) 60.

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

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

15. What is Herr Loerke’s answer when Gudrun asks him in Chapter 29, “And do you think then that art should serve industry?”
(a) “Art should interpret industry, as art once interpreted religion.”
(b) “There is no interpretation impossible for industry.”
(c) “Art should serve no one!”
(d) “Industry should serve art. Not the other way around.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I hate ecstasy, Dionysic or any other. It's like going round in” what?

3. Winifred leaves for a few days in London with whom after her father’s funeral in Chapter 24?

4. The narrator states in Chapter 30, “When Ursula had gone, Gudrun felt her own existence had become” what?

5. What word does Gudrun use to mean “soldier of fortune” in Chapter 27?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 445 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample