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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Birkin says he’ll quit his job and live without humanity in Chapter 11, Ursula asks him if he has enough money to live on. How much does Birkin respond that he receives per year?
(a) 250 pounds.
(b) 650 pounds.
(c) 1,200 pounds.
(d) 400 pounds.

2. Both Gudrun and Ursula wear dresses of what color crepe to the water-party in Chapter 14?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

3. What is Hermione’s last name in the novel?
(a) George.
(b) Skrebensky.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Roddice.

4. When Ursula and Rupert Birkin take a punt to the island of the pond in Chapter 11, he says of the “jungle of rank plants,” “I shall mow this down, and then it will be romantic—like” what?
(a) “Odysseus and Penelope.”
(b) “Paul et Virginie.”
(c) “Cleopatra and Marc Anthony.”
(d) “Romeo and Juliet.”

5. What kind of dance movements does Gudrun dance while Ursula sings after their lakeside picnic in Chapter 14?
(a) “Kodaly movements.”
(b) “Suzuki movements.”
(c) “Delacroze movements.”
(d) “Schulwerk movements.”

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cat referred to that encounters a stray in Chapter 13?

2. What is the title of Chapter 6?

3. The narrator says of Birkin in Chapter 16, “He wanted sex to revert to the level of the other appetites, to be regarded as a functional process, not as” what?

4. How does Gerald say he injured his hand in Chapter 14?

5. What are the names of the children that Ursula is watching when Birkin comes to her home in Chapter 15?

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