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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. According to the author in Chapter 26, there was a jumble in the old market place in town every afternoon on what day of the week?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Sunday.

2. Birkin exclaims to Ursula in the marketplace in Chapter 26, “It is all possessions, possessions, bullying you and turning you into” what?
(a) “A standardization.”
(b) “An anomaly.”
(c) “A generalization.”
(d) “A statistic.”

3. According to the narrator in Chapter 29, Ursula had not felt herself after the meeting with her parents and “did not really come to until she was on the ship crossing from Dover to” where?
(a) Breadalby.
(b) Aix.
(c) Ostend.
(d) Beldover.

4. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 26, “Now my rooms at the Mill are quite complete, I want them” where?
(a) “At the bottom of the sea.”
(b) “Beside the bay.”
(c) “Overlooking the river.”
(d) “On top of the mountain.”

5. What sport is Gerald said to love but that Gudrun does not practice in Chapter 30?
(a) Tennis.
(b) Badminton.
(c) Skiing.
(d) Ice skating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the river in Greek mythology that forms the boundary between the world of the living and the underworld?

2. What is the title of Chapter 24?

3. With what friend does Hermione say she will stay with for the winter in Chapter 22?

4. How many rings does Birkin give to Ursula when he asks her to take a drive with him in Chapter 23?

5. Where does Hermione say she’s been away in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. What causes the fight between Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 23? What takes place during the fight?

2. What do Hermione and Ursula discuss when they encounter one another at tea in Chapter 22?

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

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

5. What is Ursula’s impression of the photo of artwork of Loerke’s shown to her in Chapter 29?

6. What is significant about the encounter between Birkin and Ursula and the Halliday crowd in Chapter 28?

7. What are Ursula and Gudrun’s impressions of Herr Loerke in Chapter 29?

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

9. What does Gerald do when he encounters Gudrun and Loerke talking in the snow in Chapter 30?

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

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