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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 dance is described in Chapter 29 as “the Tyrolese dance of the clapping hands and tossing the partner in the air at the crisis”?
(a) The Waltz.
(b) The Schuhplatteln.
(c) The Landler.
(d) The Polka.

2. What song is Ursula persuaded to sing for the company at the inn in Chapter 29?
(a) “Flowers ‘O the Forest.”
(b) “Annie Lowrie.”
(c) “Bluebells of Scotland.”
(d) “Old Scotia.”

3. Where does Hermione say she’s been away in Chapter 22?
(a) Basle.
(b) Aix.
(c) Bokhara.
(d) Ostend.

4. The narrator states in Chapter 24, “When Gudrun heard that Mr. Crich was dead, she felt” what?
(a) “Saddened.”
(b) “Encouraged.”
(c) “Rebuked.”
(d) “Vindicated.”

5. Imagining a future for Gerald, Gudrun thinks in Chapter 29, “He would be a Napoleon of peace, or” whom?
(a) “Bismarck.”
(b) “Columbus.”
(c) “Cortez.”
(d) “Darwin.”

Short Answer Questions

1. Birkin tells Gerald in Chapter 20, “There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink,” and what?

2. When Ursula tells Hermione that Birkin wants her to sink herself and not to have any being of her own, Hermione responds, “Then why doesn’t he marry” what?

3. Where does Loerke tell Gudrun to come to and that he has a studio there in Chapter 30?

4. What is the title of Chapter 20?

5. What is the name of Herr Loerke’s companion that asks Gudrun to dance at the inn in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. What destructive characteristics are foreshadowed in the relationship between Gerald and Gudrun in Chapter 24?

2. What takes place between Birkin and Gerald in Chapter 20?

3. What is related in the letter that Gudrun receives in the beginning of Chapter 21?

4. Why do Ursula and Birkin leave the inn at Hohenhausen in Chapter 29?

5. What are Ursula’s impressions as she leaves England for Continental Europe in Chapter 29? Where does she meet Gudrun?

6. What gift does Birkin give to Ursula in Chapter 23? Why?

7. Where do Ursula and Gudrun go together in Chapter 27? What do they discuss while there?

8. What does Gudrun remark to Gerald of the sunset in Chapter 30?

9. How does the illness of Mr. Crich influence the atmosphere and actions of the narrative in Chapter 21?

10. Where does Ursula first see Birkin in Chapter 19? What is he doing?

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