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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 is the title of Chapter 23?

2. Gudrun states in Chapter 30, “Of course, life doesn’t really matter – it’s one’s” what “which is central”?

3. What is the name of the estate belonging to the Crich family?

4. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I wouldn't give a straw for your female ego—it's” what?

5. What is the title of Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is significant about the relationships in the novel as presented through the conversation of Gerald and Birkin in Chapter 25?

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

5. What do Ursula and Gerald discuss when they see one another after Ursula has married Birkin in Chapter 27?

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

7. Where do Ursula and Gudrun go together in Chapter 27? What do they discuss while there?

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

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

10. How does Ursula’s father react when she tells her family she will wed Birkin the next day in Chapter 27?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss narrative style of the novel. Is the story related in first, second, or third person? Is it told in the present or past tense? Is the narrator’s perspective omniscient or limited? What effect does the novel’s narrative voice have on the reader?

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