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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 happens to Mrs. Morel's health as her life becomes more stressful?

2. What does Mr. Morel do before seeing the dead body of his wife?

3. What hope does Mrs. Morel have for Arthur when she sees how he behaves?

4. Where does Paul's relationship with Clara end?

5. How old is Paul in the chapter "The Test on Miriam"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Clara convince Paul about Miriam in the chapter, "Clara"?

2. Why does Paul take Mrs. Morel on a trip to the Isle of Wight?

3. Why does Paul begin avoiding Miriam in the chapter, "Defeat of Miriam"?

4. In "The Test on Miriam", why does Paul increase his level of courtship with Miriam?

5. In Clara's opinion, what does Paul feel for her?

6. Why does Mr. Morel eat dinner before seeing the body of his dead wife?

7. Why does Mrs. Morel blame the burned bread on Miriam's presence at the house?

8. Why does D. H. Lawrence build sexual tension between Paul and Clara?

9. Why does Paul have low self-esteem?

10. Why does Mrs. Morel dissuade Paul and Miriam's relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does religion play in the novel? Why does the author use religious allusion in descriptions?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Mrs. Morel strive to keep her sons Paul and William away from their prospective lovers? Consider the type of woman that Mrs. Morel would approve of for her sons. How does this ideal compare to Mrs. Morel herself?

Essay Topic 3

What type of foreshadowing is used in the relationship between Paul and Mrs. Morel? What events in the plot are foreshadowed?

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