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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Hermione say she’s been away in Chapter 22?
(a) Bokhara.
(b) Ostend.
(c) Aix.
(d) Basle.

3. 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.

4. 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) Saint Paul.
(b) Saint Peter.
(c) Lloyd George.
(d) King Peter.

5. 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) “Vulgarity.”
(b) “Atrophy.”
(c) “Sensuality.”
(d) “Masculinity.”

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

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

8. Winifred leaves for a few days in London with whom after her father’s funeral in Chapter 24?
(a) Palestra.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Laura.
(d) Hermione.

9. What word does Gudrun use to mean “soldier of fortune” in Chapter 27?
(a) Ingrbitio.
(b) Glckstritter.
(c) Gazundheit.
(d) Mazeltoffa.

10. Who does the Professor at the inn say “was giving us a recitation in the Cologne dialect” in Chapter 29?
(a) Basil.
(b) Birkin.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Herr Loerke.

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

12. 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.

13. 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 invalid.”
(b) “A mime.”
(c) “A concubine.”
(d) “An odalisk.”

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

15. What song is Ursula persuaded to sing for the company at the inn in Chapter 29?
(a) “Annie Lowrie.”
(b) “Old Scotia.”
(c) “Bluebells of Scotland.”
(d) “Flowers ‘O the Forest.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ursula bring to Birkin when she walks back to the car after storming off in Chapter 23?

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

3. Gudrun states in Chapter 30, “Of course, life doesn’t really matter – it’s one’s” what “which is central”?

4. 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?

5. Discussing Loerke, Gerald asks Gudrun in Chapter 30, “What makes you so smitten with that little” what?

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