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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. How does Mrs. Morel spend her days now that she is very ill?

2. Who gets fired after an altercation?

3. Which character feels sorry for Clara in the chapter "Passion"?

4. In "The Release", which character is put in the hospital?

5. How old is Clara?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who does Paul love in the chapter, "Baxter Dawes"?

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

5. Why has Clara left her husband?

6. Why and how does Clara's mother confide in Paul?

7. Why is Paul attracted to Clara?

8. What does Mrs. Morel think about Clara?

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

10. What are Paul's feelings when he is at the seaside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is significant about the novel being written in the third person omniscient point of view? Why does the author choose to write the novel this way?

Essay Topic 2

What is the tone of Sons and Lovers? How does the tone tie into the way the characters develop?

Essay Topic 3

What elements of irony are present in Sons and Lovers?

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