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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 the name of Halliday’s Hindu servant in Chapter 6?
(a) Basil.
(b) Hasan.
(c) Maxim.
(d) Julius.

2. 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?
(a) Wealthy children.
(b) Ordinary children.
(c) Intelligent children.
(d) Well behaved children.

3. Who comes out and jumps in the water as Ursula and Gudrun pass in Chapter 4?
(a) Gerald.
(b) Gudrun.
(c) Birkin.
(d) Pussum.

4. Gerald Crich’s mother is repeatedly compared to what type of bird in Chapter 17?
(a) A hawk.
(b) An owl.
(c) A sparrow.
(d) A turkey.

5. Ursula thinks of Birkin’s eyes in Chapter 15 as having “such a dark, constant will of” what?
(a) “Wealth.”
(b) “Power.”
(c) “Assertion.”
(d) “Jealousy.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Gudrun and Ursula row their canoe across the lake to bathe and picnic by a grove of what type of trees in Chapter 14?

2. What is the name of the servant who accompanies Winifred when she meets Gudrun in Chapter 18?

3. What is the name of the man that Hermione is courted by in the beginning of the novel?

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

5. What is the name of Birkin’s friend who has a crowd of hangers-on in London?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who do Ursula and Gudrun see leaping into the lake in Chapter 4? What do they remark about the spectacle?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What physical conflict takes place between Hermione and Birkin in Chapter 8?

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

8. How does the narrator characterize Mr. Crich’s relationship with his wife in Chapter 17?

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

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

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