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

2. What is the title of Chapter 18?
(a) “Rabbit.”
(b) “Excurse.”
(c) “Fetish.”
(d) “Diver.”

3. What is the name of the man that Hermione is courted by in the beginning of the novel?
(a) Billy McFarlane.
(b) William Brangwen.
(c) Rupert Birkin.
(d) Lloyd George.

4. What is the title of Chapter 6?
(a) “Crème de Menthe.”
(b) “Fetish.”
(c) “Gudrun in the Pompadour.”
(d) “Sunday Evening.”

5. 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?
(a) “Tovo.”
(b) “Cala.”
(c) “Midi.”
(d) “Hebe.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Birkin says in Chapter 16 that “every true artist is the salvation of” what?

2. 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”?

3. The woman who sells honey to Gudrun in Chapter 17 tells her that she left being a servant in the Crich household when Gerald was how old?

4. Rupert Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 11, “Man is one of the mistakes of creation—like” what?

5. Who jumps in to save Gerald’s sister from drowning in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is foreshadowed by the conversation between Birkin and Ursula at the party in Chapter 11?

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

3. How are the bodies found after the party at the Crich estate in Chapter 14?

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

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

6. What are Gudrun and Ursula’s impressions of the Crich party when they arrive in Chapter 14? What do they do after arriving there?

7. What happens with the Mino cat in Chapter 13? What does this symbolize?

8. How do Ursula and Gudrun feel about their stay at Breadalby in the beginning of Chapter 8?

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

10. Who falls into the lake at the Crich party in Chapter 14? What is the outcome of this situation?

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