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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Hermione’s last name in the novel?
(a) Skrebensky.
(b) Salmon.
(c) George.
(d) Roddice.

2. Where does Birkin day the Pompadour is located in Chapter 5?
(a) Sherwood Forest.
(b) Dresden.
(c) Piccadilly Circus.
(d) Southwell Minster.

3. Gudrun asks Gerald in Chapter 14 if he’s ever been on a steamer from Westminster Bridge to where?
(a) Cologne.
(b) Richmond.
(c) Beldover.
(d) Derbyshire.

4. What is the name of the servant who accompanies Winifred when she meets Gudrun in Chapter 18?
(a) Mademoiselle.
(b) Laura.
(c) Rosalind.
(d) Miss Inglis.

5. Rupert Birkin keeps rooms in what town because most of his work lay chiefly there in Chapter 5?
(a) Nottingham.
(b) Beldover.
(c) Breadalby.
(d) Derbyshire.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is described in Chapter 8 as “a learned, dry Baronet of fifty, who was always making witticisms and laughing at them heartily in a harsh, horse-laugh”?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, Gudrun and Ursula “both had the remote, virgin look of modern girls, sisters of Artemis rather than of” whom?

3. Birkin tells Gerald in Chapter 16 that his sister shouldn’t be sent away to school because only what kind of children should be sent to school?

4. What kinds of birds are in cages around the kitchen at the mill in Chapter 12?

5. What is the name of Gerald Crich’s mother in the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ursula’s demeanor change after the Crich party in Chapter 15?

2. What conversation does Ursula have with Mrs. Kirk in Chapter 17? Why does she see Mrs. Kirk?

3. Why does Gudrun punch Gerald in the face in Chapter 14? What does this action signify in the narrative?

4. How are Gerald and Birkin’s views of the modern world described in Chapter 5?

5. What thoughts consume Birkin as he remains ill and at home in the beginning of Chapter 16?

6. What information about Gerald’s past does Ursula relate to Gudrun in Chapter 4?

7. How is the character of Pussum illustrated in Chapters 6 and 7?

8. What takes place at the party at Breadalby after dinner in Chapter 8?

9. How does D. H. Lawrence illustrate the miners in Chapter 9? What personal experience of the author’s relates to this depiction?

10. What dispute takes place regarding “love” between Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 13?

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