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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. Birkin exclaims to Ursula in the marketplace in Chapter 26, “It is all possessions, possessions, bullying you and turning you into” what?

2. What two words does the narrator say that from Ursula always drove her father mad in Chapter 27?

3. What word does Gudrun use to mean “soldier of fortune” in Chapter 27?

4. Where do Gudrun and Gerald set off for, where they will meet Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 28?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Birkin’s response to the situation when he and Ursula return to the inn in Chapter 31?

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

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

8. What conversation takes place between Birkin and Ursula by the pond in the beginning of Chapter 19?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Rupert Birkin and Hermione Roddice in Chapters 1-4. What is illustrated of Birkin and Hermione’s relationship when they visit Ursula at the school? How does Ursula feel about each of these characters? How does their relationship change in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of sexuality in Women in Love. How do the sexual morals of the Halliday crowd differ from those of conventional England at this time? How is the character of Pussum depicted through sexuality? How is her character perceived by others for her promiscuity?

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