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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Friday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Sunday.

7. 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 stone.
(d) A flower.

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

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

10. 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”?
(a) Eve.
(b) Mary Magdalene.
(c) Cleopatra.
(d) Medusa.

11. What is the name of the young man with his pregnant fiancée that Birkin and Ursula give the chair to in the market place in Chapter 26?
(a) George.
(b) Peter.
(c) Paul.
(d) Fred.

12. Loerke says to Gudrun in Chapter 30, “Women and love – there is no greater” what?
(a) “Tedium.”
(b) “Realization.”
(c) “Search.”
(d) “Compromise.”

13. What is the river in Greek mythology that forms the boundary between the world of the living and the underworld?
(a) The River Sasquatch.
(b) The River Sphinx.
(c) The River Styx.
(d) The River Phoenix.

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

15. 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) “An invalid.”
(c) “A concubine.”
(d) “A mime.”

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the title of Chapter 21?

3. Of the inn that the two couples stay at in Chapter 29, Ursula thinks, “It had reminded Ursula again of home, of the Marsh, of her childhood, and of the journey to Brussels, and, strangely, of” whom?

4. By what nickname does Mr. Crich call Winifred in Chapter 21?

5. At whose home does Gudrun ask Birkin to stop so she can drop the key off in Chapter 27?

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