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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 do Gudrun and Gerald set off for, where they will meet Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 28?
2. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I wouldn't give a straw for your female ego—it's” what?
3. 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?
4. Birkin tells Gerald that he’s like whom in Chapter 25 because he argues the concept of marriage like a lawyer?
5. Loerke says to Gudrun in Chapter 30, “Women and love – there is no greater” what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What decision do Ursula and Birkin make after having tea at Southwell Minster in Chapter 23?
2. What does Gudrun remark to Gerald of the sunset in Chapter 30?
3. What are Ursula’s impressions as she leaves England for Continental Europe in Chapter 29? Where does she meet Gudrun?
4. How does the relationship between Gudrun and Gerald begin to change after the departure of Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 30?
5. What takes place between Birkin and Gerald in Chapter 20?
6. Why do Ursula and Birkin give away a chair in Chapter 26? To whom do they give the chair?
7. How does the illness of Mr. Crich influence the atmosphere and actions of the narrative in Chapter 21?
8. What is significant about the encounter between Birkin and Ursula and the Halliday crowd in Chapter 28?
9. What destructive characteristics are foreshadowed in the relationship between Gerald and Gudrun in Chapter 24?
10. Where do Ursula and Gudrun go together in Chapter 27? What do they discuss while there?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the criticism, banning, and publication problems of Women in Love based on its depiction of sexuality. How many critics have viewed the relationship between Gerald and Birkin as one that is rooted in homosexual desires? How is this sexuality depicted through the narrative in Chapter 20?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the symbolism of the Mino cat in Chapter 13 as related to the theme of subservient and dominant will in the novel. Does this exchange prove the point of Gerald, Birkin, Ursula or Gudrun? How? Why does the author choose to include this exchange in the chapter?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the motif of death in Women in Love. How does the author use Diana’s death in Chapter 14 as a sounding point for the characters to express their views of death and its meaning? Which character has the most experience in facing death and grief? How do these experiences shape the character?
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