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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. The narrator says of Birkin in Chapter 16, “He wanted sex to revert to the level of the other appetites, to be regarded as a functional process, not as” what?
(a) “A commitment.”
(b) “A resentment.”
(c) “A fulfillment.”
(d) “A procurement.”

2. According to the narrator in Chapter 17, Gerald had refused to go to what school, instead choosing a German university?
(a) The University of London.
(b) Cambridge.
(c) The University of Leeds.
(d) Oxford.

3. Why does Gerald compare himself to Cain in Chapter 14?
(a) He killed his mother as a child.
(b) He killed his father as a young man.
(c) He married his mother.
(d) He killed his brother as a child.

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

5. Breadalby is described as a house of what architectural style?
(a) Greek.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Roman.
(d) Georgian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the gatekeeper at the train station say that Gerald Crich bought his horse in Chapter 9?

2. Who prepares to take on the role of hostess from her mother at the Crich water-party in Chapter 14?

3. Rupert Birkin comes to Ursula’s classroom and helps teach the students how to draw what in Chapter 3?

4. What is Hermione’s last name in the novel?

5. Where does Gudrun tell Gerald she had a canoe before at the party in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What changes does Gerald make in his father’s business in Chapter 17?

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

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

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