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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. Where is Gudrun away having a showing of her work in the beginning of Chapter 21?
(a) St. Petersburg.
(b) Ostend.
(c) London.
(d) Florence.

2. Ursula tells Hermione in Chapter 22, “I think it is degrading not to be” what?
(a) “Opinionated.”
(b) “Informed.”
(c) “Curious.”
(d) “Happy.”

3. Of the inn that the two couples stay at in Chapter 29, Ursula thinks, “It had reminded Ursula again of home, of the Marsh, of her childhood, and of the journey to Brussels, and, strangely, of” whom?
(a) “Lord Peter.”
(b) “William Brangwen.”
(c) “Anton Skrebensky.”
(d) “Billy McFarlane.”

4. What is the title of Chapter 20?
(a) “Gudrun in the Pompadour.”
(b) “Sunday Evening.”
(c) “Gladiatorial.”
(d) “Crème de Menthe.”

5. The following phrase from Chapter 29 is an example of what literary technique: “golden like honey of darkness”?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Literary allusion.
(c) Assonance.
(d) Simile.

Short Answer Questions

1. Loerke says to Gudrun in Chapter 30, “Women and love – there is no greater” what?

2. What sport does Birkin show Gerald the basic moves of in Chapter 20?

3. What is the name of Birkin’s landlady who answers the door to Ursula in Chapter 27?

4. Of what historical figure does Gudrun think in Chapter 30, “must have been an artist; she reaped the essential from a man, she harvested the ultimate sensation, and threw away the husk”?

5. Who answers the door when Birkin goes to the Brangwen home in Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the relationship between Gudrun and Gerald begin to change after the departure of Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 30?

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

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

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

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

7. What do Ursula and Gerald discuss when they see one another after Ursula has married Birkin in Chapter 27?

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

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

10. How does Gudrun respond to Gerald’s socializing with the Germans at the inn in Hohenhausen in Chapter 29?

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