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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the wedding reception take place in Chapter 2?
2. How is the horse described that Gerald Crich is riding when he meets Ursula and Gudrun by the railroad tracks in Chapter 9?
3. What is the name of Gerald Crich’s mother in the novel?
4. What is the title of Chapter 10?
5. Gerald Crich’s mother is repeatedly compared to what type of bird in Chapter 17?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Who visits Ursula’s classroom in Chapter 3? Why?
3. What happens with the Mino cat in Chapter 13? What does this symbolize?
4. What do Birkin and Gerald discuss regarding Winifred in Chapter 16?
5. How does Ursula respond to Birkin’s visit to her home while her family is at church in Chapter 15?
6. What is significant about the author’s depiction of Birkin’s friends in London in Chapter 6?
7. What conversation does Ursula have with Mrs. Kirk in Chapter 17? Why does she see Mrs. Kirk?
8. How are the bodies found after the party at the Crich estate in Chapter 14?
9. What takes place at the party at Breadalby after dinner in Chapter 8?
10. What are Gudrun and Ursula’s impressions of the Crich party when they arrive in Chapter 14? What do they do after arriving there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss the different styles and origins of the artwork described in the Halliday flat in Chapters 6-8. How are the African sculptures described? How common were works of African art in London at this time? Where did the art originate and how is its style defined?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Ursula and Birkin’s viewpoints about their future, travel, and the meaning of “home.” What does Birkin want to achieve through traveling and leaving convention behind? How does Ursula feel about Birkin’s ideals? What are Ursula’s views on conventional home life?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the theme of class distinction in Women in Love. How does each of the main characters (Ursula, Gudrun, Gerald, and Birkin) differ in their viewpoints of class and the lower classes? Do you see Ursula and Gudrun’s distaste for the lower classes as a character fault? Why or why not?
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