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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) “Distraction.”
(b) “Cowardliness.”
(c) “Comfort.”
(d) “Familiarity.”

2. Where does Loerke tell Gudrun to come to and that he has a studio there in Chapter 30?
(a) Ostend.
(b) Innsbruck.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Nottingham.

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

4. What is the name of the patriarch of the Brangwen family?
(a) Thomas Brangwen.
(b) Paul Brangwen.
(c) Peter Brangwen.
(d) William Brangwen.

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

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

7. What does the French word “bagatelle” from Chapter 30 translate to in English?
(a) “Dog.”
(b) “Trifle.”
(c) “Bagel.”
(d) “Potato.”

8. 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) “Irishmen.”
(b) “Spaniards.”
(c) “Englishmen.”
(d) “Frenchmen.”

9. Imagining a future for Gerald, Gudrun thinks in Chapter 29, “He would be a Napoleon of peace, or” whom?
(a) “Bismarck.”
(b) “Cortez.”
(c) “Columbus.”
(d) “Darwin.”

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

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

12. Where does the narrator say Birkin went for a time after recovering from his illness in Chapter 19?
(a) The east of Germany.
(b) The north of Poland.
(c) The south of France.
(d) The west of Sweden.

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

14. Where do Birkin and Ursula stop to spend the night in the car in Chapter 23?
(a) Hohenhausen.
(b) Shortlands.
(c) Willey Water.
(d) Sherwood Forest.

15. After meeting up in Innsbruck, Gerald, Gudrun, Birkin, and Ursula descend at the tiny railroad station where in Chapter 29?
(a) Ostend.
(b) Derbyshire.
(c) Hohenhausen.
(d) St. Petersburg.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 23?

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

5. What kind of cap is described in Chapter 29 as “a close brown-velvet head with big brown velvet flaps down over his ears”?

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