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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 do Ursula and Birkin depart the train for their hotel in Chapter 29?
(a) Basle.
(b) Cologne.
(c) Hohenhausen.
(d) Florence.

2. Gudrun says that Fanny Bath is “frightfully in love” with what painter in Chapter 29?
(a) Lloyd George.
(b) Billy McFarlane.
(c) Thomas Crich.
(d) William Brangwen.

3. Where does the narrator say Birkin went for a time after recovering from his illness in Chapter 19?
(a) The east of Germany.
(b) The north of Poland.
(c) The west of Sweden.
(d) The south of France.

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

5. Ursula tells Gudrun in Chapter 29 that “Herr Loerke is doing a great frieze for a factory” where?
(a) “In Cologne.”
(b) “In Florence.”
(c) “In Brussels.”
(d) “In Paris.”

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the title of Chapter 26?

4. Birkin tells Gerald that he’s like whom in Chapter 25 because he argues the concept of marriage like a lawyer?

5. What does Ursula’s father do during the argument after she announces she will get married tomorrow in Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is Gudrun’s response when Loerke asks where she will go next in Chapter 30?

5. Who do Ursula, Birkin, Gerald and Gudrun meet at the inn in Hohenhausen in Chapter 29?

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

7. How is the encounter between Gerald and Gudrun described after the death of Mr. Crich in Chapter 24?

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

9. How is the motif of death relative to Gerald’s character in Women in Love?

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

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