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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 word from Chapter 9 refers to a coalmine, including all the buildings and equipment?
(a) Colliery.
(b) Minstrel.
(c) Carabineer.
(d) Catalytic.

2. After Birkin’s visit to Ursula’s house in Chapter 15, Ursula is stricken by what inexplicable emotion for Birkin?
(a) Love.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Envy.
(d) Jealousy.

3. What are the names of the children that Ursula is watching when Birkin comes to her home in Chapter 15?
(a) Billy and Dora.
(b) Sally and Sarah.
(c) Andrew and Peter.
(d) Rupert and William.

4. By what name does Birkin introduce Pussum in Chapter 6?
(a) Miss Varley.
(b) Miss Halliday.
(c) Miss Salmon.
(d) Miss Darrington.

5. Pussum tells Gerald when they meet in Chapter 6 that she’s not afraid of anything except for what?
(a) Red spiders.
(b) Gray sharks.
(c) Black beetles.
(d) Brown bats.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Gerald awakens to find Halliday and others sitting naked by the fire in Chapter 7, he compares Halliday as being “like Christ in a” what?

2. How does Gerald say he injured his hand in Chapter 14?

3. Ursula and Gudrun are having a discussion in their father’s house located where in Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of the electrician that Gudrun befriends at the market in Chapter 9?

5. Both Gudrun and Ursula wear dresses of what color crepe to the water-party in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is symbolized by Gudrun’s incident with Winifred’s rabbit, Bismarck, in Chapter 18?

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

4. How is Birkin’s philosophical view of human nature illustrated in Chapter 2?

5. What is significant about Hermione’s appearance in Chapter 10?

6. What is significant about the author’s depiction of Birkin’s friends in London in Chapter 6?

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

8. How does Ursula respond to Birkin’s visit to her home while her family is at church in Chapter 15?

9. How would you describe the author’s narrative style as established in Chapter 1? How does this narrative style relate to the author’s characterizations?

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

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