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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. Winifred leaves for a few days in London with whom after her father’s funeral in Chapter 24?
2. The following phrase from Chapter 29 is an example of what literary technique: “golden like honey of darkness”?
3. Of the inn that the two couples stay at in Chapter 29, Ursula thinks, “It had reminded Ursula again of home, of the Marsh, of her childhood, and of the journey to Brussels, and, strangely, of” whom?
4. What is the title of Chapter 20?
5. Where do Birkin and Ursula stop to spend the night in the car in Chapter 23?
Short Essay Questions
1. What conversation takes place between Birkin and Ursula by the pond in the beginning of Chapter 19?
2. What are Ursula’s impressions as she leaves England for Continental Europe in Chapter 29? Where does she meet Gudrun?
3. How does Ursula’s father react when she tells her family she will wed Birkin the next day in Chapter 27?
4. Why do Ursula and Birkin give away a chair in Chapter 26? To whom do they give the chair?
5. What is significant about the encounter between Birkin and Ursula and the Halliday crowd in Chapter 28?
6. How does Ursula respond when Birkin asks her to marry him in front of her father in Chapter 19?
7. What gift does Birkin give to Ursula in Chapter 23? Why?
8. What do Hermione and Ursula discuss when they encounter one another at tea in Chapter 22?
9. What is Ursula’s impression of the photo of artwork of Loerke’s shown to her 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 Ursula’s response to the act of sexual passion between her and Birkin in the narrative. How does Ursula feel about Birkin after their night in the car? How have Birkin’s feelings for Ursula changed?
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 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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