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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. What servant does Ursula recall in Chapter 29, “who used to give her bread and butter sprinkled with brown sugar, in the old living-room where the grandfather clock had two pink roses in a basket painted above the figures on the face”?
2. What song is Ursula persuaded to sing for the company at the inn in Chapter 29?
3. What nurse comes and summons Gerald to the dining room to speak with the doctor after dinner in Chapter 24?
4. At whose home does Gudrun ask Birkin to stop so she can drop the key off in Chapter 27?
5. What does Ursula bring to Birkin when she walks back to the car after storming off in Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is significant about the relationships in the novel as presented through the conversation of Gerald and Birkin in Chapter 25?
2. What is significant about the encounter between Birkin and Ursula and the Halliday crowd in Chapter 28?
3. How is the motif of death relative to Gerald’s character in Women in Love?
4. What does Gerald do when he encounters Gudrun and Loerke talking in the snow in Chapter 30?
5. How does Gudrun respond to Gerald’s socializing with the Germans at the inn in Hohenhausen in Chapter 29?
6. How is the encounter between Gerald and Gudrun described after the death of Mr. Crich in Chapter 24?
7. Why do Ursula and Birkin leave the inn at Hohenhausen in Chapter 29?
8. What causes the fight between Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 23? What takes place during the fight?
9. Why do Ursula and Birkin give away a chair in Chapter 26? To whom do they give the chair?
10. What gift does Birkin give to Ursula in Chapter 23? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
Compare and contrast the characters of Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen in the novel. How old are the sisters? What are their principle occupations? How are the sisters alike? How do they differ?
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