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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 name of Herr Loerke’s companion that asks Gudrun to dance at the inn in Chapter 29?

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

3. The following phrase from Chapter 29 is an example of what literary technique: “golden like honey of darkness”?

4. Birkin tells Ursula in Chapter 19, “I hate ecstasy, Dionysic or any other. It's like going round in” what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What decision do Ursula and Birkin make after having tea at Southwell Minster in Chapter 23?

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

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

6. How does the relationship between Gudrun and Gerald begin to change after the departure of Ursula and Birkin in Chapter 30?

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

8. What destructive characteristics are foreshadowed in the relationship between Gerald and Gudrun in Chapter 24?

9. What are Ursula and Gudrun’s impressions of Herr Loerke in Chapter 29?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of William Brangwen in the novel. How has the author characterized the relationship between the Brangwen patriarch and his daughters? How is this relationship depicted in Chapter 19? What causes the dispute between Will Brangwen and Birkin?

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

Describe and discuss the setting of the novel as established in the first chapters. Where in England is the Brangwen homestead? How does the author describe this setting? What were the political, economic, and cultural atmospheres like in England at this time historically? How are these environmental aspects depicted in the story?

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