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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of Herr Loerke, the narrator says in Chapter 30, “He hated Mestrovic, was not satisfied with” whom?
(a) “The Absurdists.”
(b) “The Futurists.”
(c) “The Dadaists.”
(d) “The Surrealists.”

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

4. The narrator says in Chapter 30 that Gudrun and Loerke “talked in a mixture of languages. The ground-work was” what?
(a) “Russian.”
(b) “French.”
(c) “Polish.”
(d) “Spanish.”

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

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

7. Gudrun thinks to herself in Chapter 30, “In England it was chic to be perfectly” what?
(a) “Spoken.”
(b) “Ordinary.”
(c) “Adorable.”
(d) “Educated.”

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

9. Of Gerald, the narrator states in Chapter 25, “There was a numbness upon him, a numbness either of unborn, absent volition, or of” what?
(a) “Atrophy.”
(b) “Vulgarity.”
(c) “Masculinity.”
(d) “Sensuality.”

10. 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 slaps her.
(c) He calls his mother.
(d) He gives her a kiss.

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

12. 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) Fred.
(b) George.
(c) Paul.
(d) Peter.

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

14. Birkin exclaims to Ursula in the marketplace in Chapter 26, “It is all possessions, possessions, bullying you and turning you into” what?
(a) “A generalization.”
(b) “A standardization.”
(c) “A statistic.”
(d) “An anomaly.”

15. Who is Gerald’s brother that he first tells that their father died in Chapter 24?
(a) Tilly.
(b) Basil.
(c) Palestra.
(d) Laura.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ursula tells Hermione in Chapter 22, “I think it is degrading not to be” what?

2. 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?

3. Gudrun says that Fanny Bath is “frightfully in love” with what painter in Chapter 29?

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

5. What sport is Gerald said to love but that Gudrun does not practice in Chapter 30?

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