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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. 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?
(a) “Chariot.”
(b) “Church.”
(c) “Pieta.”
(d) “Manger.”

2. What word from Chapter 15 means adverse in tendency or effect; unfriendly; hostile?
(a) Pandemic.
(b) Inimical.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Verity.

3. Breadalby is described in Chapter 8 as “standing among the softer, greener hills of” where?
(a) Richmond.
(b) Derbyshire.
(c) Dresden.
(d) Nottingham.

4. Of the African sculpture of a woman giving birth, Gerald asks “Why is it art?” What is Birkin’s reply?
(a) “It is an example of real life.”
(b) “It conveys a complete truth.”
(c) “It shows people at their most vulnerable.”
(d) “It displays a common experience.”

5. In Chapter 13, Ursula receives an invitation for her and Gudrun to have tea with whom?
(a) Gerald.
(b) Rupert.
(c) Hermione.
(d) Birkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Halliday’s first name in the novel?

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, Gerald had refused to go to what school, instead choosing a German university?

3. Of Birkin, the narrator says in Chapter 16 that he hated what “even worse than marriage”?

4. What is the title of Chapter 10?

5. When Birkin says he’ll quit his job and live without humanity in Chapter 11, Ursula asks him if he has enough money to live on. How much does Birkin respond that he receives per year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is symbolized by Ursula’s challenge to Birkin regarding Hermione furnishing his rooms in Chapter 12?

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

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

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

5. Who visits Ursula’s classroom in Chapter 3? Why?

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

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

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

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

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

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